Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 - 40 minutes

PATE SUCREE....SWEET PIE CRUST!

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, in pieces
Pinch of salt
2 egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel...optional...

FILLING!

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly brown
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons finely grated lemon peel...optional...
3 large or 6 small MacIntosh or Spy apples, peeled and thinly sliced
Icing sugar

To prepare the pastry, combine flour, sugar, butter, and salt in bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, and process, using on/off pulse, until the mixture resembles coarse meal- about 15 seconds.

Combine egg yolks, vanilla, and lemon peel and add to dough through feed tube with machine running: let machine run about 15 seconds.

Turn into a bowl and work with hands until dough all comes together.
Cover and let rest for at least 30 minutes, or store in refrigerator overnight.
When ready to use, work small portions of dough with hands until slightly rubbery and press into the bottom and sides of an 11-inch flan pan with a removable bottom.
Chill well until ready to fill.

Preheat oven to 375*F.
For the filling, combine sugar, flour, eggs, and whisk until smooth.
Stir in melted butter, vanilla, and lemon peel.
Arrange apples on crust ....in a circular pattern, each piece slightly over-lapping one another.
Pour the filling over the apples and bake for 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown.
Cool; when ready to serve sift icing sugar over the flan.

Servers 10 to 12

Use a 9 inch pie plate, make your own pie dough recipe, or buy a prepared pie crust.
Use 3 BIG apples of your choice.
Use lemon juice to soak your cut apples in while your are preparing all you apples...then forget about the LEMON!
Pour you filling over the apples, bake as above.
Serve from ....one to 100....