Alena's Amazing Apple Pie

Today Alena had a school assignment where she had to create something with local natural resources. She didn't have to actually make her creation, but she wanted to. She decided to make a pie. Local ingredients included apple, raspberry, wheat flour, butter and egg.

To make her pie she took a simple press-in crust from a kids cookbook, an apple filling from the BH&G cookbook, tossed in a cup of raspberries, and added a crumb topping from a different BH&G recipe. It was absolutely incredible! So scrumptious!

Here's her recipe:
For filling:
5 c. peeled, cored and sliced granny smith apples
3/4 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon juice
Toss together to coat apples. Then gently fold in
1 c. raspberries fresh or frozen (thawed)

For crust:
4 c. flour
2 Tbsp. sugar
Mix these together, then cut in:
1/2 c. butter
When the mixture is crumbly, add
2 egg yolks
Combine it until it's a ball, then press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie tin.

Pour apple-raspberry filling into prepared crust

Topping:
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
Blend together then cut in:
3 Tbps. butter.
Sprinkle topping onto filled pie. Bake in a 375* oven for 50-55 minutes. Put a cookie sheet directly beneath the pie tin to catch all the syrup that will boil out as it cooks.

Serve warm with ice cream and enjoy!!