The.very.best.apple.pie.ever.

Monday, September 18, 2017








Dear Grandma Opal, 

You created the worlds best apple pie. I could eat this hot of out the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, I could eat you cold a day later, you have even forced me to consider lying to my small child just so I don't have to share you with them. 

Love, 
Me. 

Want the recipe!? 

Let's start with the crust: 

You'll need: 

2 1/2 cups of flour 
2 sticks of COLD butter cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 teaspoon of salt 
1teaspoon of sugar 
6-8 tablespoons of ICE water

put flour, sugar, and salt into a food processor and pulse a few times // add  half of the butter to the mixture and pulse a few more times // then add the rest of the butter and pulse a few more times // add 1/4 cup of ice water ( be sure not to add the ice ) and pulse again // then add more ice water, about a  tablespoon at a time...mixing just enough to make a crumbled mixture.

Form dough into two balls and place directly into the fridge, for at least one hour but up to two days. Dough is now ready to use. NOTE: sometimes I use dough immediately and it turns out just fine. 






Now for the Grandma Opal part...


1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup  sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
6 sliced and peeled honey crisp apples 

preheat oven to 425 degrees // melt the butter in a saucepan. // mix in flour to form a paste // add water, sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil //  reduce temperature and let simmer // layer bottom of pie pan with crust, fill with apples, then layer top of pie crust // gently pour mixture over the top of the pie crust // mixture will seep down over the apples //  

Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.