The most famous American Pie!

Ingredients for crust

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour.
• 1 cup (or 2 sticks or 8 oz) very cold margarine, cut in small pieces.
• 1 teaspoon salt.
• 1 teaspoon sugar.
• 6 tablespoons ice water.

Ingredients for filling

• 5 apples Granny Smith.
• ½ cup granulated sugar.
• ½ cup dark brown sugar.
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter.
• 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour.
• 1 teaspoon salt.
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg.
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest.

Directions for pie crust

1. Combine flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.
2. Add margarine.
3. Mix using your hands.
4. Add 1 tablespoon of ice water a time  and mix with your hands until you have a compact dough.
5. Split the dough in 2 pieces.
6. Put each dough in plastic wrap and put in the fridge at least 1 hour, up to 2 days.

Directions for filling

1. Peel the apple, core it and cut in slices.
2. In a bowl, add apples, brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, flour, cinnamon, butter, salt, nutmeg,  and lemon zest.
3. Stir all the ingredients and cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
4. Keep refrigerated for 30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 390º F.
6. Remove one dough from the fridge and let at room temperature at least 10 minutes in order to soften.
7. Spread flour sprinkles over a surface and put the dough.
8. With your hands make a circle.
9. Using a rolling pin spread the dough circle. The dough should be bigger than the pie plate.
10. Roll in in the rolling pan the dough and then roll out over the pie plate.
11. Press the pie dough down and to sides.
12. Using scissors, trim the dough about 2 inches from the edge of the pie plate.
13. Remove from the fridge the filling and fill the pie. Put in order the apples to fill all space inside the pie.
14. Remove the second dough from the fridge.
15. Spread flour sprinkles over the kitchen surface and put the dough.
16. Make a circle with the dough.
17. Using a rolling pin, spread the dough circle.
18. Roll in the dough in the rolling pin and roll out to cover the pie.
19. Using your hands, seal the edges of the crust.
20. Cut a small hole on the top of the crust to vent.
21. Put in the oven for 50 to 55 minutes.

Suggestions

I love apple pie slice with two vanilla or butter pecan ice cream! Yummy !

Let cool before enjoy!