Apple Pie & Gulten free Apple Crisp

Not my actual apple pie - i wish!
Today we remember Steve Jobs

I'm all appled out!  Today at 8:10am half of my class made apple crisp for their weekly food lab.  When I arrived home tonight and had to make an apple pie and an apple crisp for my family Thanksgiving meal.  Tomorrow morning at 8:10am the other half of my class will be making, yup you guessed it; apple crisp. Apples and I are on a break right now.  By the time Thanksgiving rolls around I'll be opting for pumpkin pie for dessert instead.

APPLE PIE RECIPE
Crust Ingredients
2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, chilled and diced 

1/2 cup ice water

Filling Ingredients
12 small assorted apples, peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Glaze Ingredients
1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons sugar

Method
In stand mixer combine flour and salt. Add butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add water a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball. split in half and wrap each ball in plastic and refrigerate for 45 minutes or overnight. Roll each dough ball out to fit a 9 inch pie plate. Place one crust in pie plate. Press the dough evenly into the bottom and sides of the pie plate. Trim edge even to pie plate. Set other crust aside.

In large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. Stir together sugar, flour and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples and toss until coated. Scrape into pie shell.

Place other crust on top of pie and fold under. Gently lift bottom pastry rim and fold overhang under rim; press together to seal. Make a few slits in the crust to let steam escape will baking.  Brush top crust with egg and water mixture and sprinkle with sugar.  Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, then turn down heat to 350 degrees for 40 additional minutes. I've actually put the raw pie in the freezer until Saturday when I will transport it to my hometown.  If you are baking from frozen add 10 additional minutes.

GLUTEN FREE APPLE CRISP
 Yields: 1 large serving

Ingredients
2 medium apples, peeled and sliced
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon white sugar
splash lemon juice
1/2 cups pecans, crushed
1 tablespoon butter
pinch nutmeg

Method
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange apple slices in a small greased oven proof dish. In a food processor chop walnuts finely.  Add remaining ingredients to food processor and mix.  Spread mixture over apples.  Bake for 25 minutes. Serve with ice cream.