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Apple Slab Pie: Fourth-of-July-Style

I wanted to make an  apple pie  this year for the Fourth of July since it was our country's 250th birthday and what is more American than apple pie?  Since we were going to a large party, I decided to make a big slab apple pie that serves a couple dozen people.   Pie is my favorite thing to make so I was eager to make my first pie of the summer.  This pie is made on a cookie sheet so there is less filling and more crust (which is no problem because this crust is AMAZING). This works well for a potluck or large crowd because it's easy to serve.  It's a pie that is like serving browies or some other dessert bar, no gooey mess to deal with like with a conventional pie.   But it tastes like a perfect apple pie.   I have not made a slab pie before but I've eaten one.  My neighbor brought one to a barbecue we had at our house back in 2015 when she brought a  mixed berry slab pie  for dessert.  She gave me the recipe and I put it on m...