Apple Pie

Name: Apple Pie
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 14 Tbsps cold butter, diced; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 1 large egg, lightly beaten with 2 tablespoons cold water; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 pinch Generous of ground nutmeg; 2 Tbsps freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 kilograms baking apples like Golden Delicious, Cortland, or Mutsu; 0 teaspoons fine salt; 158 milliliters sugar, plus more for sprinkling on the pie; 4 teaspoons sugar; 59 milliliters unsalted butter

Need a vegetarian dessert? Apple Pie could be an excellent recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 547 calories. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up flour, egg, baking apples like golden scrumptious, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes. This recipe is typical of American cuisine.

Instructions

Make the dough by hand. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt. Using your fingers, work the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles yellow corn meal mixed with bean sized bits of butter. (If the flour/butter mixture gets warm, refrigerate it for 10 minutes before proceeding.)

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Yellow Cornmeal

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the egg and stir the dough together with a fork or by hand in the bowl. If the dough is dry, sprinkle up to a tablespoon more of cold water over the mixture.

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Dough

Water

Egg

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Bowl

Make the dough in a food processor. With the machine fitted with the metal blade, pulse the flour, sugar, and salt until combined.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Add the butter and pulse until it resembles yellow corn meal mixed with bean size bits of butter, about 10 times.

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Yellow Cornmeal

Butter

Add the egg and pulse 1 to 2 times; don't let the dough form into a ball in the machine. (If the dough is very dry add up to a tablespoon more of cold water.)

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Dough

Water

Egg

Remove the bowl from the machine, remove the blade, and bring the dough together by hand.

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Dough

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Bowl

Form the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Make the filling.

Put the lemon juice in a medium bowl. Peel, halve, and core the apples.

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Lemon Juice

Apple

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Bowl

Cut each half into 4 wedges. Toss the apple with the lemon juice.

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Lemon Juice

Apple

Add the sugar and toss to combine evenly.

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Sugar

In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add the apples, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to simmer, about 2 minutes. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until the apples soften and release most of their juices, about 7 minutes.

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Apple

Sugar

Strain the apples in a colander over a medium bowl to catch all the juice. Shake the colander to get as much liquid as possible. Return the juices to the skillet, and simmer over medium heat until thickened and lightly caramelized, about 10 minutes.

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Apple

Juice

Shake

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Colander

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In a medium bowl, toss the apples with the reduced juice and spices. Set aside to cool completely. (This filling can be made up to 2 days ahead and refrigerated or frozen for up to 6 months.)

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Apple

Spices

Juice

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Bowl

Cut the dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll each half of dough into a disc about 11 to 12 inches wide.

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Dough

Roll

Layer the dough between pieces of parchment or wax paper on a baking sheet, and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Wax Paper

Place a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Line the bottom of a 9-inch pie pan with one of the discs of dough, and trim it so it lays about 1/2 inch beyond the edge of the pan.

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Dough

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Pie Form

Frying Pan

Put the apple filling in the pan and mound it slightly in the center.

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Apple

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Frying Pan

Brush the top edges of the dough with the egg.

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Dough

Egg

Place the second disc of dough over the top. Fold the top layer of dough under the edge of the bottom layer and press the edges together to form a seal. Flute the edge as desired.

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Dough

Brush the surface of the dough with egg and then sprinkle with sugar. Pierce the top of the dough in several places to allow steam to escape while baking. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.

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Dough

Sugar

Egg

Bake the pie on a baking sheet until the crust is golden, about 50 minutes. Cool on a rack before serving. The pie keeps well at room temperature (covered) for 24 hours, or refrigerated for up to 4 days.

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Crust

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Baking Sheet

Oven