Lauries Apple Pie In The Sky Food

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!)

APPLE PIE (PIE IN THE SKY)

Steps:

• Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon. Lay the pie crust in a 9-inch pie plate and dust it with about one-fourth of the sugar mixture.
• Alternate layers of apples in concentric circles, dusting each layer with the sugar mixture. Dot the top layer with butter.
• Lay over the crust and crimp the edges. Beat the egg with the cream and thinly glaze the pie crust with several tablespoons of the mixture. Cut vents in the pie.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, then lower heat to 350 for 40 more minutes or until crust is golden.