The World’s Best Apple Pie

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
½ teaspoon powdered ginger
1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
¼ teaspoon powdered nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons instant tapioca
3 tablespoons strong black tea
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter
4 cups sliced, paired, and cored apples
Note: This may take eight to nine apples, depending on size. The best mixture should be a combination of McIntosh Apples (or Honey Crisp) and Granny Smith Apples

Method

1. Preheat the oven and prepare the crust.
   Roll out half pastry for the bottom crust. Fit loosely in a nine-inch pie pan and start the oven hot for 425º F.
2. Peel, core, and slice apples. Place apples into a large bowl.
3. Combine ingredients. Place sugar, spices, salt, flour, tea, and lemon juice in a bowl with apples.
4. Mix well and add to the pie pan, slightly heap the apples in the center and dot with butter.
5. Roll out the top crust. Place over apples and trim pastry around the edge of the pie pan.
6. Press pastry edges together with the tines of a fork and poke tiny slits to allow steam to escape during baking.
7. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until the apples are tender and the crust is brown.