My First Apple Pie

I have never made an apple pie. I have watched them being made, but never made one myself.

So I had 12 apples hanging around the house and I had bought a crust the day before. What the heck I said, how hard can it be?

As it turned out, not hard at all. Why had I waited so long?

Apple Pie

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
6 to 7 apples thinly sliced and peeled
1 tablespoon lemon juice (I omitted because I didn't have a lemon and it turned out just fine)

Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches) (make yourself, or purchase in a store)
1 tablespoon butter
1 egg white (I sprinkled some water on the crust instead)
Additional sugar to go on the crust, after sprinkling with water or brushing with the egg white.

I cut 7 apples into slices and placed them in water, while doing all this. I then drained them and combined them with the sugar and spices (I used Penzy's Apple Pie Spice).

I bought 2 9" pie crusts at the store and placed the first one in the pie plate. Put the apple and spice mixture in and doted with the butter. Then you cover with the second crust. You need to pinch the two crusts together to seal.

Make 4 or so holes in the top crust to allow steam to escape and place in a 375 degree oven for 25 minutes (with the edge of the crust covered with foil). After 25 minutes, take off the foil, turn the pie and cook for another 20 or so minutes. Take the pie out, when the crust browns sufficiently.

Cool and eat. Yum.