I'm going to a Christmas party at Sandy and Ken's house tonight, so I made an apple pie yesterday. I should have taken pictures of the process for our Liba baking thread, but I forgot until after the pie was done. I used Jonathan apples from Liaoning, which are not as tart as Granny Smith but still hold up well to baking. I haven't tried it yet but I had some extra crust and apples so I made a couple little tarts, which I devoured while they were hot out of the oven. The crust had me worried because I don't have a mixer; I used knives, a fork, and my fingers to cut the butter into the flour. But it turned out to be the best part, very flaky and 酥. The apples were not as sweet as I had hoped, which means that next time I will add more sugar the way that Mom does. Luckily I put raisins in the pie, which should add some of the sweetness that was missing from the tarts.