Name: Old-Fashioned All-American Apple Pie
Yield: Makes one nine-inch pie
Ingredients: 1 recipe Thin Butter Crust; 6 to 8 freshly picked firm and slightly tart apples, such as Rhode Island Greenings, Gravensteins or Granny Smiths (about 3 pounds); granulated sugar (see Note); ground cinnamon; about 3 tablespoons sifted all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons butter, cut in small bits

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Old-Fashioned All-American Apple Pie

This pie needs no introduction. It probably doesn't even need a recipe—everyone has a favorite way to make it. Here is mine.

Note:

The amount of sugar is determined by how sweet the apples are. It would be a mistake to oversweeten or overseason them.

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