Crust

1. With a food processor, pastry cutter or hands mix the flour, salt and sugar.
2. Add butter and pulse or cut until a course meal texture in achieved with obvious butter flakes throughout.
3. Add cold/iced water slowly until dough forms. Up to 1/4 cup of water generally.
4. Turn out dough onto a piece of plastic wrap, form two disks and wrap individually. Allow to rest in refrigerator for at least one hour.

Pie

1. mix the first set of ingredients in a bowl. Peeled, core and slice apples adding and tossing them into the mixture as you go.
2. roll out the two pie dough disks.
3. line a pie tin with the first of the rolled out dough.
4. pour the apple mixture into prepared pie shell and dot with butter.
5. cover with 2nd rolled out dough or use it to make a lattice or other decorative pie technique.
6. allow to chill in the freezer for 1/2 hour.
7. warm oven to 375 degrees.
8. crack an egg, whisk and use to gently brush the top of pie then sprinkle a good and even amount of sugar atop.
9. bake pie till golden brown on top, 40-60 minutes.
10. allow to rest on a cooling rack for 1/2 hour before cutting into it.