This is the Perfect Apple Pie [0] I made last week, which didn't turn out so perfectly because the apples never got soft. Everything was fine, except for the crunchy apples, and somehow crunchy apples ruins the taste, in my opinion.
Next time? I'm not buying Granny Smith apples from Aldi for the pie. Besides the persistent crunch, the apples were small and starting to go bad in the centers. I had to use all of 6 pounds of apples for my three pies, and the pies weren't even very full. That's a lot of peeling and coreing... and probably at least partly why the pies ended up being so time-consuming.