Lauries Apple Pie In The Sky Food

LAURIE'S APPLE PIE IN THE SKY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Place the oven rack in the center position. Prepare a baking sheet with aluminum foil to prevent oven spills.
• Unroll and place the bottom pie crust in a 10" deep dish pie plate.
• Peel, core and thinly slice the apples in a large bowl. Add in the sugars, spice and flour. Toss well to evenly coat.
• Pour the apples into the prepared crust in the pie pan. Dot the top of the apple mixture with the butter.
• Place the top crust over the apples. Dampen the bottom edge of the top crust with a little water. Tuck the top edge under the bottom pastry edge and press to seal. You may flute the edge all around with a decorative pattern or a dinner fork.
• Brush the top crust with milk using your fingers or a pastry brush. Cut a few steam vents in the top crust with a sharp knife in some all over pattern or random fashion.
• Place the pie on the foil lined cookie sheet and place into 450 degree oven for 15 minutes. Place some foil over the edges of the crust to prevent over-browning. Lower oven to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 50-60 minutes until the apples are bubbling and the crust is nicely browned. NOTE: Remove the foil from the edges of the crust 10 minutes before the pie is done to get a nice even color.
• Allow the pie to cool and serve with whipped cream or ice cream. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

APPLE PIE WITH STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Transfer the pie crust from the tinfoil pan to the CENTER of a 10-inch glass pie dish. Set aside to thaw.
• Make the crumb topping: In a bowl, mash butter, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon together to resemble crumbs and then set aside.
• Make flour & sugar mix: In a bowl, stir ingredients together until all one color (beige) and set aside.
• Prepare the apples: Into a bowl, peel, core and slice a few apple slices, stir and cover well with the flour & sugar mixture as you go. Once all are cut and covered, set the apple bowl aside.
• Making the pie: Squoosh the pie crust thinly to fit the pan (you can use your fingers to do this), and then put the crust in the freezer for exactly 5 minutes. Meanwhile, heat oven to 425F degrees.
• Put 2 tablespoons softened butter into a large skillet over medium heat. When butter melts, empty the bowl of sugared apples on top of the butter, and cook for exactly 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Take pie crust from the freezer and put in the hot oven for the same 5 minutes you are cooking the apples.
• When timer rings for the 5-minutes of the pie crust in the oven, remove pie crust from oven and pour apples from the skillet into the pie crust. Make sure apples form a flat surface as a base for the crumb topping. Pour crumb topping onto apples, making sure to cover all the apples, otherwise apples may burn.
• Return the pie to the oven, and set the timer for EXACTLY 30 minutes.
• "In one half hour, you will have the most delectable apple pie your tongue has ever experienced," -- playwright Lawrence Thelen.
• Serves 8-10, depending on slice size. (Or 20 if you give lots of people in the theater a little taste!)