'BITTERSWEET' OCTOBER ~ DEEP DISH DUTCH 'SPY' APPLE PIE

"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter."

~ Carol Bishop Hipps

AUTUMN MUM

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DEEP DISH DUTCH 'SPY' APPLE PIE

"Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness."

~ Jane Austen

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(October is the best month for apples ...

do yourself a favor and make a pie. If you choose,

omit the crust and make apple crisp.)

1 10-inch unbaked deep dish pie shell

Topping:

1 1/2 cups flour

2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

2/3 cup unsalted butter

Filling:

7-9 large baking apples (Northern Spy best)

2 Tbsp. lemon juice

3 Tbsp. flour

3/4 cup sugar

1 heaping tsp. cinnamon

dash salt

dots of butter

• Make topping: Combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture is consistency of coarse cornmeal. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 400º.
• Make filling: Core apples and pare, slicing into large bowl. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
• Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Toss with apples. Turn into unbaked pie shell distributing evenly. Dot with butter. Cover with topping.
• Bake 45 to 60 minutes (apples bubbling).

October Oak Leaf Hydrangea

Front Door Autumn Containers

(Pansies, Autumn ferns, 'Caramel' Heuchera)

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"For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.

For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad."

~ Edwin Way Teale