Love Thy Neighbor....with Apple Pie

I love loving people with food! So for this recipe we decided to invite our next door neighbors over to help us eat our apple pie. And, of course, we had to have ice cream and coffee with it too. :)

Mom gets the credit for all these really cool pictures :)

Apples...

Peeled, sliced, and sugared and spiced by the lovely Rita :)

Time for the crust, made by yours truly.

 The key (or one of them) to a good crust is keeping everything cold. We even refrigerated the flour.

 Food processors are grand inventions....

 Adding the ice water to my crust and reading and re-reading the directions to make sure I don't mess up..

Cute little ball of dough...

Me, flattening the dough into discs to refrigerate.

Messy Jessie...

Rollin, rollin, rollin...

It is perfect! If I do say so myself....

I love the chunks of butter on top! It's the inner Paula Deen coming out.

 Top crust! Brushed with an egg wash and sprinkled with sugar. Oy.

 At this point my house smelled fabulous!

 Me and my two best friends.

 My other best friend, Ice Cream...

Mad waitressing skills..

The pie was fabulous! The coffee grand! The ice cream heavenly! And the company enjoyable! :)

Happy Eating,
JRae and Rita

Here's the pie crust (Pate Brisee) recipe for you brave souls who wish to try making your own:
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces
1/4 cup ice water, plus more if needed


In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour and salt; pulse to combine. Add the butter, and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some larger pieces remaining, about 10 seconds. (To mix by hand, combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl, then cut in butter with a pastry blender.)
With the machine running, add the ice water through the feed tube in a slow, steady stream, just until the dough holds together without being wet or sticky. Do not process more than 30 seconds. Test by squeezing a small amount of the dough together; if it is still too crumbly, add a bit more water, 1 Tablespoon at a time.
Turn out the dough onto a clean work surface. Divide in half, and place each half on a piece of plastic wrap. Shape into flattened disks. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate at least an hour or overnight. The dough can be frozen up to 1 month; thaw overnight in the refrigerator before using.