Apple pie

 Here I bring you easy and simple but best homemade apple pie recipe. From a flaky, buttery crust to a perfectly spiced filling full of fresh fruit flavor, this recipe will become your new favorite winter recipe.

Ingredients for apple filling: 

• 5 cups grated apples
• juice of one lemon
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp cornstarch

Ingredients for pie crust:

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 8 tbsp butter (softened at room temperature)
• 12 tbsp water

Ingredients for crunchy topping:

• 1 cup flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 6 tbsp cold butter

Preparation:

With a hand mixer with paddle attachment mix together butter and sugar, gradually adding flour and water, one tablespoon at a time.

Also add one pinch of salt and combine everything well. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least half an hour.

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface. 

Gently place the dough into 9-inch baking pan and trim of the excess dough.

For the filling grate the apples , add juice of one lemon, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cornstarch and salt. Set aside.

For the crunchy topping cut up your butter into a small cubes. Add the flour, cinnamon, sugar and pinch of salt- Using hand or two forks mix until you have crumbs of all different sizes, that are coated with flour. 

Spoon the filling into the crust. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the apple filling and bake the pie on 375°F for about 45 minutes or until deeply golden brown.