recipe from the blue owl
Deep dish crust
1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 t. salt
1/3 c. plus 2 T. butter-flavored Crisco
5 T. cold water
>> Cut flour into Crisco. Add salt and stir in enough water to make a stiff dough. Knead slightly together. Chill before using.
Filling
4 c. Golden Delicious apples,
peeled, cored and thinly sliced
2/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. flour
1 t. cinnamon
Dash of salt
>> Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Mix well. Add apples and mix to coat. Arrange half the apples in bottom of pie crust; sprinkle with half of excess cinnamon and sugar mixture at bottom of bowl. Repeat with remaining apple slices and cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Crisp topping
3/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. flour
3/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. pecan pieces
1/4 c. instant oats
1/4 c. butter, melted
>> Mix sugar, flour, brown sugar, pecans and oats until well combined. Slowly add melted butter until mixture is loose and crumbly. Place on top of the pie.
>> Bake pie on a cookie sheet at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown.
