Brandy Three Apple Pie

Pie Ingredients:
2 pounds Granny Smith Apples
1 pound Braeburn Apples
1 pount Honeycrisp Apples
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp brandy
1/4 cup turbinado sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp allspice
1/8 tsp ginger
lemon zest
pinch sea salt
1/4 cup pastry flour
1 large egg yolk
1 tbsp heavy cream

Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness; fit into 9 inch pie pan and trim dough flush with pan.  Refrigerate until firm.

Roll out rest of dough to 1/8 inch thickness and refrigerate until firm.  Once firm, cut 45-60 shapes with 2/3" cookie cutter and place in single layer.  Refrigerate again until firm.

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Toss apples with flour, brandy, vanilla, sugars, spices, and salt.  Fill pie shell with mixture immediately (don't let it sit!).  Lightly brush pie shell edge with water.  Using pastry brush, "paint" back of each dough-shape and place them in a staggered ring around edge and moving towards center until there's just a little hole in the top.  Or, use a reindeer cookie cutter like I did and just make it cute.

Mix the egg yolk and heavy creamer and brush the entire surface of the pie.  Sprinkle generously with sanding sugar and refrigerate once more until firm.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes until the crust just starts to turn brown.  Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for 40 minutes until the crust is golden and you can see the inside of the pie bubbling.  Let cool, and enjoy!!!