In Honor of Rudy Day

For dessert tonight I baked an apple pie. 

To make the piecrust is really easy:

In a bowl mix 2 1/2 cups of flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.  Then in another small bowl mix together 1/2 cup of vegetable oil with 1/3 cup of milk.  Add the oil/milk mixture to the flour mixture and with a fork, stir until ingredients come together.  I divided the dough into 3 balls, using two to make the bottom crust for the pie dish and the last ball to make the top.  I placed the doughs between two sheets of wax paper and with a rolling pin flattened it out.  This made it easy to lay in the pie dish, plus it kept my hands fairly clean.


Next, in goes the apple mixture: McIntosh apples (about 5), 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. I prefer Gala apples as they are sweeter (to me) than the McIntosh, but the grocery store was all out of the Galas.

While working with the piecrust, I decided to make it look a little Christmassy. So with a cookie cutter, I cut out a snowflake in the center, then rearranged the cutout on top of the piecrust.

Here's the final result. A little piece of the snowflake broke. It's okay, it will still get eaten.

Mmmm... I love apple pie.  This is the second time I made this pie.   Quite sure I'll be making it again.  Never thought I would ever be able to make a crust.  I've always used store bought.  Me thinks I'll take this to work tomorrow and share with my coworkers.