Kick Butt Apple Pie

A delicious finish to your Thanksgiving feast!

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 Pie

Ingredients

• For the crust

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
• 1⁄4 cup water

• For the Pie

• 4 -5  apples, Peeled and Chopped
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 2  tablespoons maple syrup
•  salt, a couple shakes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  almond extract
• 1  tablespoon flour
• 2  tablespoons  cream
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

1. To make the dough, you'll want to add your flour and salt to a bowl. Now cut up your butter into small squares and add it into the flour, a few squares at a time, using either a fork or a pastry blender.
2. Add in the water and mix it up to form a dough.
3. Stick the dough in the fridge to chill and let's start working on the filling.
4. Grab up your brown sugar, butter, maple syrup, salt, vanilla, almond extract, flour, cream, cinnamon, and nutmeg and dump them into a small pot.
5. Turn your heat to medium and let the mixture cook up. When it reaches boiling, remove it from the heat and set aside.
6. Pull your dough back out and cut it into two equal pieces. Roll the first piece out to fit your pie pan and lay it inside.
7. Cut off the excess and crimp your crust all pretty like.
8. Now add in your apples.
9. Now it's time to roll out your second piece of dough. Roll it out to the size of your pie top. Grab a pizza cutter and cut about 14-16 1/2" strips from the dough.
10. Lattice up your pie.
11. The last step is to take your sauce and carefully pour it over the top of the pie.
12. Now pop your pie in the oven at 375 for 40 minutes. You might want to put another pan under your pie as well to catch any drippings.