Apple Pie with a lattice top.

It's fall. That means it's obligatory to make at least 1 apple pie.

Cast of Characters:

• Apples (roughly 6 cups total)
• 3 Granny Smith
• 4 Cortland
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 stick butter
• Premade pie crusts (because I'm lazy and they're easy)

Peel, core and cut your apples. Throw em in a bowl. 

Mix in your sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg. 

Mix until all apples are completely coated.

Then you're going to put your premade crust into the bottom of a 9 inch pie plate.

Open the package and unroll it directly on the pie plate.

Press crust into the sides of the pie plate until uniform and smooth.

Pour your apple mixture right inside that beautiful crust.

Cut up half a stick of butter into "pats." (Who came up with that name?)

Place your pats on top of the apples. 

Set your pie aside. Time for the crust, but not just any crust, a fancy LATTICE crust. Yep, we're gonna do it.

Flour the bottom of a baking sheet, don't do it on a counter because we're going to be cutting the dough. Protect your surfaces and use a baking sheet.

Unroll and place your pie crust on the baking sheet.

Use a pizza cutter to cut your dough into 1/2 inch strips.

Let's LATTICE. 

Start by placing 5 strips horizontally on your pie. Space em out evenly too.

Fold over every other strip, so strips 2 and 4.

Place one dough strip down the center on top of strips 1, 3 and 5. 

Fold strips 2 and 4 back over the vertical strip.

Fold strips 1, 3 and 5 over. 

Place another strip vertically.

Fold strips 1, 3, and 5 back over. See how pretty already?

Fold over strips 2 and 4 to the left.

Place another strip vertically, and fold strips 2 and 4 back over.

From the other side, fold strips 1, 3 and 5 to the right.

Place a dough strip vertically and fold the strips back over.

Complete the last strip by folding strips 2 and 4 to the right. Place the last vertical strip and fold strips 2 and 4 back over. Lattice complete.

Cut off the ends until flush with the side of the pan. Use the remainder of the dough to create a ring around the outer edge.

Ain't it pretty.

Let's go a little crazy and spruce it up a bit, shall we.

Roll out the remainder of your dough. 

Cut into strands in groups of 3.

Begin to braid the dough (yeah, just as you would hair, same way). 

Place on the outside of the pie.

Place in a preheated oven at 425.

Bake for 15 minutes. 

Here's a sneak preview of the beautiful pie.

Then take out, and cover top with tinfoil. 

This helps keep the crust from over browning.

Bake for an additional 30 minutes.

Take it out, let cool for at least 2 hours before serving.