Old Fashion Apple Pie

This is an old family favorite. The best apple pie we have ever had. I hope it becomes one of your favorites.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• 1  recipe  pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
• 3  tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  packed brown sugar
• 8  granny smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan.
3. Stir in flour to form a paste.
4. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar and bring to a boil.
5. Stir in the vanilla and cinnamon.
6. Reduce temperature and let simmer.
7. Place the bottom crust in your pan.
8. Fill with apples, mounded slightly.
9. Cover with a lattice work of crust.
10. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust.
11. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
12. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven.
13. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and continue to bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.