Traditional Apple Pie

This was my very first attempt at ever making a pie.  I decided to make it from scratch because I have never tried to make pie before and because I like to use a rolling pin! I got the recipe from the Food Network, recipe courtesy of Sandi Anderson.  The pie overall turned out awesome!  The crust was nice, light and flakey, the filling was just sweet enough with the right amount of 'gooey' consistancy, and the apples were tender and sweet.  I used the pie crust recipe from Food Network, which happens to be the same recipe as on the Crisco shortening box (which my mom votes is the best crust recipe).  I slightly changed the filling recipe more to my liking but you can find the original filling recipe here.  I baked my pie in a 9.5in glass pie plate and it took 1 hour to bake (25min with the edges covered in tin foil and another 35min with no tin foil).  I let the pie cool to room temperature and then served it with ice cream!  This pie was a great success and you have to try it, especially if you are a pie beginner like me!  You can find the whole recipe for the pie here at Food Network, but below is my altered version of the apple filling.

Traditional Apple Pie (filling)

7 Granny Smith apple, peeled and cored
Juice of half a lemon
1/2 Cup granulated sugar
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 Cup flour
2 Tbsp butter, cut into small pieces

1) In a medium bowl combine peeled and cored apples with lemon juice
2) Add both sugars and mix until well coated
3) Add flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg and continue mixing until well combined
4) Let sit for 5min or more then mix mixture again before adding it to the pie
5) Lay apple slices flat into prepared pie crust until all apples are used up (you may have extra sugar mixture at the bottom of the bowl, but just leave it out or the pie will be too runny and gooey)
6) Once all apple slices are placed in the pie, add pieces of butter evenly over top of apples, then cover pie with remaining pastry

-Follow the recipe link above for baking instructions