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Just another Apple Pie

Autumn is here! The golden leaves are falling from the trees and the cooler weather makes me want to try warmer and comforting foods... in this case, desserts!
One of my favorites is, without a doubt, Apple Pie!
You can make Apple Pie using thousands of different ways, but here, I leave you the easiest one.
Enjoy!

EASY APPLE PIE

Prep: 35 minutes
Bake: 1 hour 5 minutes
Cool: 2 hours

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 6 cups peeled and sliced apples
• 1 recipe No-Roll Pie Crust
• Sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a very large bowl stir together the 1/2 cup sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Add apples. Stir to combine. Let stand while making No-Roll Pie Crust (below).

2. For pie crust, with your hands firmly press two of the dough portions onto bottom of a 9-inch pie plate and up the sides; continue pressing to form an edge at the rim. Set aside.

3. Divide remaining dough portion into 6 equal parts. On waxed paper, pat each dough portion into 3-inch circles; set aside. Transfer apple mixture to pie shell. Top with dough circles. Sprinkle with additional sugar.

4. Place a baking sheet on oven rack; place pie plate on baking sheet. Bake pie for 65 minutes or until filling is bubbly in the center. If necessary, cover top of pie with foil the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking to prevent overbrowning. Remove pie from oven; remove foil; place on wire rack to cool completely.

No-Roll Pie Crust: In a bowl stir together 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. In a small bowl stir together 1/2 cup cooking oil and 1/3 cup milk; add all at once to flour mixture. Stir with fork until dough mixture comes together. With floured hands form ball. Divide in three equal balls. Proceed with Step 2 above.

You start from the beginning...

Writing isn't one of my favourite things to do.

The other day, I was thinking about life and what to do with it, and I realized that I like to create things with my hands. That's it! I found my purpose for life: Crafting, baking, sewing, whatever, as long as I get to use my hands!

It all came to me, after getting a book from the library, called Bake!, from Nick Malgieri. What a wonderful way to start learning the basics to make good, delicious pastry.
I tried one recipe, the next day I tried another and soon I found myself almost addicted to baking and decided that I should share my passion with the world!

So, you, reader out there in this wonderful world, join me in my experience of trying to be a better cook, please!
Share your opinions, advise and teache me!

I want to start from the beginning!