DECADENT APPLE PIE
Use your favourite apple variety, just make a note to alter the amount of sugar based upon the sweetness of the apples used!
Provided by Dancer
Categories Pie
Time 1h30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Pastry for double crust pie-------------.
- Combine flour, lard and salt with a pastry blender or fork until balls are the size of a large pea.
- Add cold water by the spoonful and blend until the bowl starts to clean itself as you work the dough.
- Then it is ready for rolling.
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Combine sliced apples with sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon rind.
- Line pie plate with unbaked pie crust, trim pastry, crimp to edge of pie plate. Fill pie crust with apple mixture and dot with softened butter.
- Brush crust edge with water and place pie crust top on top of pie, crimp to the bottom crust. Make some slits in the top crust for steam to escape. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Turn oven down to 350°F and bake for 45 minutes longer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 645.9, Fat 27.5, SaturatedFat 11.5, Cholesterol 31.8, Sodium 231.2, Carbohydrate 98.2, Fiber 7.5, Sugar 55.6, Protein 5.3
FIVE-STAR APPLE PIE
This secret of this decadent apple pie is brewing the sweet mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter and apples before putting it in the oven. You'll enjoy having this pie in your cooking arsenal.
Provided by silhouette1920
Categories Pie
Time 1h5m
Yield 1 pie, 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine apples, brown sugar, water and lemon juice in a pot.
- Cover and cook over medium heat about five minutes or until the apples are just tender.
- Mix flour, granulated sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt and stir into apple mixture.
- Cook, stirring constantly until the syrup thickens- about 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and butter.
- Heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Prepare pastry.
- Turn the apple mixture into the pastry-lined pie pan.
- Cover with top crust with slits in it; seal and flute.
- Cover the top of the pie with a 2-3 inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during the last 15 minutes of baking.
- Bake 40-45 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.
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