Thanksgiving Pie Countdown: Perfect Apple Pie

[Photograph: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt]

What happens when the Food Lab takes on apple pie? Awesome pie times, obviously, specifically in the form of an easy, flakey, all-butter crust filled with a spiced, sweet, tender-but-not-mushy fruit filling.

No bells or whistles, no extra flavors, just a simple (damn tasty) apple pie.