Apple Pie

I wanted to practice making an apple pie for Thanksgiving.  I wanted to take a shortcut by buying premade crusts.  I purchased Pillsbury Pie Crusts.

I followed the recipe on the package.  It said it was "The Perfect Apple Pie Recipe" so what did I have to lose.  You know, whatever is printed has got to be true….lol.

Ingredients

Crust

1

box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

Filling*

6

cups thinly sliced, peeled apples (6 medium)

3/4

cup sugar

2

tablespoons all-purpose flour

3/4

teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4

teaspoon salt

1/8

teaspoon ground nutmeg

1

tablespoon lemon juice

I used 6 Red Delicious apples.  I first peeled them and then I used my corer/slicer.  

Steps

1

Heat oven to 425°F. Place 1 pie crust in ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate. Press firmly against side and bottom.

2In large bowl, gently mix filling ingredients; spoon into crust-lined pie plate. 

Top with second crust. Wrap excess top crust under bottom crust edge, pressing edges together to seal; flute. Cut slits or shapes in several places in top crust.

3Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. 

Cover edge of crust with 2- to 3-inch wide strips of foil after first 15 to 20 minutes of baking to prevent excessive browning. 

Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours before serving.

This is how my pie came out of the oven.  We didn't wait the 2 hours it said in the directions, we probably waited 30 minutes.

Tomorrow, I will give you what my family thought of the apple pie.