Anyone who has known me for most of my life knows that I've always loves baking. When I was in middle school I made a hybrid of two of my favorite apple pies. My grandmother's apple pie and a pie that my stepdad's sister made. I seem to have lost the recipe I made through the years, so I didn't make apple pie for over 8 years.
Ridiculous.
I set out to recreate my apple pie recipe, and I believe I have succeeded. I didn't think I'd be blotting about it, so I don't have many pictures, but I've been commissioned to make one for a neighbor, so I'll take more then.
Now...the components.
My grandmother made her own crust with shortening. I used a combination of shortening and butter...frozen. The crust was unbelievably flaky.
The filling was granny smith apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, vanilla sugar, flour, and lemon juice. I could have eaten the filling raw...and I did.
I used a crumble topping instead of more pie crust because I don't like too much crust on my apple pie.
It was so good...I could have eaten all of it in a day.
Okay, I ate almost half of it in a day.
My pie!
More pies to come...Thanksgiving is coming up!
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