Apple Pie (Two Kinds)

Carol's Apple Pie

Recipe by Britney Graham

(Makes 2 Pies)

2 Quarts apples, appox. 12 apples (Jonathan apples best)

2 1/2 Cups sugar

3 Tbsp corn starch

3 Tbsp instant tapioca pudding

1/4 tsp salt

2 1/2 Cups water

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

Dough for two pie crusts (recipe below)

Make pie crust dough, put one in greased pie shell (do not poke holes in crust( and set other half aside. Peel, slice and quarter apples. Combine apples, 2 cups sugar and 2 cups water in large pot. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat.

In separate bowl, mix rest of sugar and water, corn starch, tapioca and salt. Add mixture to apples and return to heat. Bring to a boil and hold 1 minutes. Remove from heat, add nutmeg and cinnamon. Pour filling in uncooked pie shell.

Roll out other 1/2 pie crust dough. Fold into fourths and make 2 slits on both sides. Place on pie, unfold and trim off excess. Fluke sides. Add foil to sides and bake 425 for 40-50 minutes (remove foil for last 10 minutes). remove pie from oven and sprinkle sugar on top while still hot.

Apple Pie by Grandma Ople

Recipe from allrecipes.com

1 recipe pastry for 9 inch double crust pie (recipe below)

1/2 Cup unsalted butter

3 Tbsp flour

1/4 cup water

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon (my addition)

1/2 tsp nutmeg (my addition)

1 Tbsp vanilla (my addition)

6-8 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced

Preheat oven to 425 (I kept oven at 350 the entire time). Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar, brown sugar, and spices. Bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer. Place the bottom crust in your pan. (I mixed half of the sugar and butter liquid with the apples.) Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid (the other half of it if you mixed half with the apples) over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350. Continue baking for 35-45 minutes, until apples are soft.

Flaky Pie Crust

Recipe from Britney Graham

(Makes 2 single pie shells)

2 Cups bread flour

1 Cup butter flavor Crisco

1 tsp salt

1/2 Cup cold water)

Mix flour, crisco and salt with fingers just until mixture consists of little balls. Add cold water and mix all together. Divide into equal halves. Put flour on counter and rolling pin. Roll dough into a 10 inch circle. Fold in half and then in half again. Put in greased pie pan and unfold. Trim off excess from sides and fluke edges. Poke holes bottom and sides of pie crust. Place foil around edges (three 1 inch width pieces to go all around). Bake at 450 for 8-10 minutes or until crust is barely golden brown.