Homemade Apple Pie

The Crust:

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 Tbsp cold water
• 1/2 Tbsp white vinegar

Combine flour and salt. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles course crumbs.  Mix together egg, water and vinegar,and stir into dry ingredients until a soft dough ball is formed.

Wrap dough in a clean damp tea towel and place in the fridge while you prepare the filling and crumb topping.

The filling (stir together):

• 12 apples (can mix of any types of apples), peeled and sliced
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• a dash of salt

The Crumb Topping (crumble together with your fingers):

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

To assemble:

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Roll out your pie dough and place in pie plate.
3. Dump filling in pie crust.  Cover with crumb topping.
4. Cover with tin foil (to keep from browning too quickly).
5. Bake for 50 minutes, remove tin foil and bake for 10 minutes more.
6. Let pie cool a little.  Serve with good vanilla ice cream.

See also Paratha Apple Pie recipe