Skillet Apple Pie

I always look forward to the time of month when the new Southern Living comes in the mail. Not because of all the dream homes and plush gardens the magazine rambles on about, but for the recipes. This recipe I pulled from the last issue is not for the light-hearted. It is the simplest apple pie recipe. It has butter, sugar, butter, sugar, and a few apples slices.But that's what all great apple pie recipes are made of. I only had one slice though. So that's not too bad, right? Okay, okay maybe I had one and a half slices...with ice cream. But you can't have apple pie without ice cream! I just love apple pie so much. It is the perfect recipe to make when the leaves start to change and the wonderful fall season begins to emerge. So if your ready and willing to ruin your "I've been eating so well lately" kick, then have I got the recipe for you.

For the Crust:

• From Smitten Kitchen

Ingredients:

- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, very cold


Directions:

• - Make one cup of ice water and set aside. In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, and salt. Cube butter into 1/2 inch pieces.
  - Sprinkle the butter cubes over the flour and begin working them in with two forks. When all of the butter pieces are the size of tiny peas stop.    
  

                   

  
  

  
  
  
  - Start by drizzling 1/2 cup of the ice-cold water over the butter and flour mixture. Using a rubber or silicon spatula, gather the dough together.Adding around 1/4 a cup of water,  but very little at a time. Once dough begins to form clumps, bring dough together to form a large mound.
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  - Flour a counter top and divide dough into two (one half being bigger than the other.) Roll out the larger half about 1/4 inch thick and use as bottom crust. DO the same for the smaller half and use as top crust.

For the Pie:

From: Southern Living
Ingredients:

• - 4 pounds Granny Smith apples 
• - 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• - 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• - 1/2 cup butter
• - 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• - 1 egg white
• - 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Directions:

• - Preheat oven to 350º. Peel apples and cut into wedges. Toss apples with cinnamon and granulated sugar.                                                                       
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• - Melt butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat ( yeah, the whole stick) and add brown sugar. Cook, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. 
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• - Remove from heat, and place 1 piecrust in skillet over brown sugar mixture. Spoon apple mixture over piecrust, and top with remaining piecrust. 
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• - Whisk egg white until foamy. Brush top of pie crust with egg white; sprinkle with granulated sugar. Cut 4 or 5 slits in top for steam to escape. 
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• - Bake at 350º for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly, shielding with aluminum foil during last 10 minutes to prevent excessive browning, if necessary. Let cool before eating.
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                             -Sarah-

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