69. Granny Smith Apple Pie

INGREDIENTS:
1 crust for 9 inch pie
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored, and sliced

*Optional: use a homemade pie crust recipe and top with homemade streusel in addition to the lattice crust top.  It makes the top of the pie irresistably crunchy and sweet and holds the moisture in pie itself.

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.  Melt the butter in a saucepan.  Stir in flour to form a paste.  Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil.  Reduce temperature and let simmer.
2. Place the crust in the pan and pre-bake in oven for 5-10 minutes.  Then fill with apples, mounded slightly in the center.  Cover with a lattice work crust.  Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust.  Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
3. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven.  Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking for 35-45 minutes or until apples are soft.