Holiday Apple Pie

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 unbaked double crust pie crust (9")
• 2 tablespoons sweet unsalted butter
• 8 cups tart baking apples, peeled,cored,thinly sliced (such as granny smith)
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon apple pie spice (such as watkins brand apple pie bake blend)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 f.
• 2 place bottom layer of pie pastry into a 9" pie plate and set aside.
• 3 cut up butter into small pieces and set aside in a small dish at room temperature.
• 4 combine apple slices with lemon juice, sugar, flour, apple pie seasoning, and salt, mixing gently to combine well, but without crushing the apple slices.
• 5 pour filling into pie plate.
• 6 sprinkle the butter pieces over the top evenly.
• 7 top pie with top layer of the pie pastry, crimping and sealing edges decoratively.
• 8 combine egg yolk and water and brush over entire surface of the pie with a pastry brush.
• 9 cut a few slits in the top crust to allow venting of steam.
• 10 set a foil lined cookie sheet on the bottom rack of your oven and set the pie on the center rack of your oven (the extra pan will help catch any drips).
• 11 bake for 15 minutes at 425f.
• 12 lower the oven temperature to 350 f and bake another 40-45 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the filling is starting to bubble.
• 13 let cool before slicing as this will be boiling hot when fresh from the oven (you may serve pie warm or cold).
• 14 note: i check the pie about halfway through the baking process and if the crust edges are getting too brown, i set a pie ring on top; if you don't have a pie ring, you can make one using foil.