Apple Pie a la Katrina

Apple Pie...
Thomas loves apple pie. I do not. I've never been a fan of it, or any baked fruit really. But he still asks me to make apple pie all the time. Well, we bought too many apples the other day so I broke down and finally made one. My little sister makes an apple pie Thomas has always liked, and it is pretty simple so I asked her for the recipe. Here it goes. (I used a pre made crust...one of these days soon I'll get to making my own, just need to get a pastry blender...)

Pie Crust (or you could use a pre-made one)
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup shortening
4-5 tablespoons cold water (we actually used like 7 or 8 at least)
stir together flour and salt. cut in shortening with pastry blade or 2 knives until pieces are the size of small peas. sprinkle water over one tablespoon at a time tossing mixtyre after each addition. form into a ball. flatten dough on lightly floured surface. roll 1/8 inch thick from center to edge. use spatula to fold into fourths, lift and place in ungreased pie pan. cut crust about 1/2 inch from outside of pie pan. fold over and crimp edges. (so we just rolled it out and put it in the pan so it looked like a crust. made sure there was like 1/2 an inch above the pan, folded it over, and pinched it by using your thumb and index finger with your other index finger between them) fill and bake.

Apple Filling
6 granny smith apples
1-1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
In a plastic bag place sugar, cinnamon, flour, and lemon juice, mix well. peel apples and slice thinly. Add apples to mix and thoroughly coat (hands work best). Put apples into 9 in uncooked pie crust.
(Note, I used a 9 inch deep dish crust, and it was FULL)
Crumb Topping
1 cup flour
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup brown sugarMix together and pat on top of apples
So last time she made this it was completely burnt, so she was a little afraid to tell me how long to cook it. This is what she said, "so im a little afraid to tell you how to cook it because i burned it last time... it cooks at 350 but obviously not for an hour and a half. i think it might actually be like 45 minutes but i would keep an eye on it."Indeed, it cooked at 350 for about 50 minutes. Be sure to put this thing on a cookie sheet, all that apple sugary goodness will leak out.