Apple Pie with Cheddar Crust

Name: Apple Pie with Cheddar Crust
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 680 grams Gala apples (3 medium); 680 grams Granny Smith apples (3 medium); 6 Tbsps ice water; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 Tbsp milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp cold unsalted butter; 59 milliliters cold vegetable shortening (trans-fat-free), cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 591 milliliters 1/2 pound extra-sharp Cheddar (preferably white), coarsely grated

The recipe Apple Pie with Cheddar Crust is ready in around 5 hours and is definitely an amazing vegetarian option for lovers of American food. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 709 calories, 26g of protein, and 44g of fat. This recipe serves 6. Not A mixture of vegetable shortening, galan apples, milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

Stir together flour, salt, and cheese in a large bowl (or pulse in a food processor).

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Cheese

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add butter and shortening and blend with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse) just until mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps.

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Shortening

Butter

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Blender

Drizzle 6 tablespoon ice water evenly over mixture and gently stir with a fork (or pulse) until incorporated.

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Water

Squeeze a small handful: If dough doesn't hold together, add more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring (or pulsing) until incorporated. Do not overwork dough or pastry will be tough.

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Water

Dough

Turn out dough onto a work surface and divide in half, then form each half into a 5-inch disk. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Put a foil-lined large baking sheet in middle of oven and preheat oven to 450°F.

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Peel and core apples, then slice 1/4 inch thick. Toss apples with sugar, flour, lemon juice, and salt until evenly coated.

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Lemon Juice

Apple

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Roll out 1 piece of dough (keep remaining disk chilled) on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 13-inch round. Fit into a 9-inch pie plate.

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Dough

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Roll out remaining piece of dough into an 11-inch round.

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Dough

Roll

Transfer filling to shell. Dot with butter, then cover with pastry round. Trim edges, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang.Press edges together to seal, then fold under. Lightly brush top crust with milk, then cut 5 (1-inch-long) vents.

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Butter

Crust

Milk

Bake on hot baking sheet 20 minutes. Reduce oven to 375°F and bake until crust is golden-brown and filling is bubbling, about 40 minutes more. Cool to warm or room temperature, 2 to 3 hours.

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Crust

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Dough can be chilled up to 2 days or frozen up to 3 months.

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Dough