Classic American Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 cup butter
• 3 -4 tablespoons cold water
• 5 -6 large apples, peeled, cored, cut into wedges
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 3 -4 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut up

Recipe

• 1 make crust:.
• 2 combine flour, sugar, salt, lemon peel in large bowl.
• 3 mix butter with your hands until consisstency of coarse crumbs.
• 4 stir in 2 tbs cold water with rubber spatula. pat into ball--add water until ball holds together.
• 5 divide dough into two balls, one slightly larger.
• 6 wrap in wax paper and refrigerate about 1hr.
• 7 roll larger ball between two sheets of wax paper until 1/4 in thick.
• 8 fit dough into 9in glass pie plate. refrigerate.
• 9 roll second ball between two sheets of waxed paper into a 12in round.
• 10 position rack on lower third of oven and preheat to 425.
• 11 make filling:.
• 12 in large bowl, add apples, sugars, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon and salt. mix well.
• 13 let stand for 15min, stirring often.
• 14 pour apple mixture into bottom crust.
• 15 dot top with very small pieces of butter.
• 16 brush overhanging edge of bottom crust with cold water.
• 17 cover with top crust and seal edges.
• 18 trim ends and flute edge.
• 19 cut steam vents in top crust.
• 20 place pie on cookie sheet and bake 30 minutes.
• 21 reduce temperature to 350 and bake until juices begin to bubble through steam vents 30-40 minutes more.
• 22 let cool at least 1 hr.