Easy Skillet Apple Pie

 

Prep : 20 minutes     Total time : 1 hour-50 minutes    Make 8 to 10 servings

 

2             pounds Granny Smith  apples

2             pounds Breburn apples

1             teaspoon cinnamon

3/4          cups granulated sugar

1/2          cup butter

1             cup  firmly packed light brown sugar

1             (14.1 ounce) package refrigeratored  pie crusts

1             egg white

2             tablespoons  sugar

*********Butter-pecan ice cream *********

 

1 .       Preheat oven to 350* . peel apples  and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges . Toss apples wedges  with cinnamon  and 3/4 cut  granulated sugar .

2 .        Melt butter  in a 10-inch  cast-iron skillet  over medium heat  ; add brown sugar  and cook , stirring cocstantly  , 1 to 2 minutes  or until sugar is dissolved . Remove  from heat  and place  1 pie crust  in skillet  over brown sugar mixture  . Spoon apple  mixture over pie crust  and top with remaining piecrust  . Whisk egg white  until foamy . Brush top  of pie crust  with egg white  ; sprinkle  with 2 tablespoons  granulated  sugar . Cut  4 or 5  slits  in top  for steam to escape .

3 .         Bake at 350*  for 1 hour  or until golden brown  and bubbly  , shielding  with  foil  during  last 10 minutes  to prevent  excessive  browning , if necessary  . Cool on a wire rack  30 minutes  before serving . Serve with butter -pecan ice cream .