It doesn't get more wholesome than an apple pie does it? What about those times when you need to feed eighteen people but you just don't know what to feed them? This apple slab pie does the trick perfectly. I had originally seen the recipe on Cooks Country and read through it but they became a paid only recipe so I thought I'd improvise using a recipe for flakey pie dough that I saw on Cakelaw's site originally from Macrina bakery.It uses vegetable fat and butter to give the pastry an other worldly lightness (and just goes to show that you don't need to use lard). The tapioca flour absorbs any excess liquid and gives the soft apples and juice a gorgeous, luscious thickness and the layer of icing gives it that final magical touch. And yes Dear Reader, this is one of those pushy recipes that I say that you've just got to make if you love apple pie. I couldn't imagine doing it any other way now.Boys or should I say men, have a different way of looking at situations than women. A few years...
