Basic Apple Pie

Name: Basic Apple Pie
Prep time: 5 h 10 min
Cook time: 5 h 10 min
Total time: 5 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 6 Tbsps ice water; 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 teaspoons lightly packed lemon zest; 79 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 1 kilograms apples (about 6), an equal mixture of Granny Smith and Gala or Pink Lady; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 118 milliliters shortening, frozen and cut into small pieces; 1 teaspoon coarse-grained sugar, such as turbinado; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into small pieces; 2 teaspoons whole milk, half-and-half, or cream

Basic Apple Pie might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 199 calories, 1g of protein, and 12g of fat. It is a very reasonably priced recipe for fans of American food. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. If you have flour, butter, ice water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 5 hours and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Whisk together the flour and salt in a large bowl.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Add the shortening and butter and toss with your fingers until well coated in the flour mixture. Using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut the shortening and butter into the dry ingredients until reduced to pea-size pieces, about 4 to 5 minutes.

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Shortening

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Blender

Drizzle in 6 tablespoons of the ice water and the lemon juice and mix just until the dough comes together. (

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Lemon Juice

Water

Dough

Heat the oven to 450°F and arrange a rack in the lower third.

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Place a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil on the rack.On a lightly floured surface, roll out the slightly larger disk of dough to about 12 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch thick. Line a 9-inch pie plate with the dough and trim to leave a 1-inch overhang.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Place both sugars and the flour, cinnamon, lemon zest, salt, and nutmeg in a small bowl and whisk until evenly combined; set aside. Peel, halve, core, and slice the apples about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick and place in a large bowl.

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Lemon Zest

Cinnamon

Apple

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

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Sprinkle with the lemon juice and toss to combine.

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Lemon Juice

Add the sugar mixture to the apples and toss until evenly coated; set aside.

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Apple

Sugar

Roll out the remaining disk of dough on a lightly floured surface to about 11 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch thick.

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Dough

Roll

Brush the overhang of the crust in the pie plate with a thin layer of the milk, half-and-half, or cream.

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Cream

Crust

Milk

Add the apple mixture, piling it slightly in the center. Scatter the butter pieces over the apples and cover with the top crust. Trim the excess dough of the top crust to leave a 1-inch overhang. Press together the edges of the bottom and top crusts to seal.Using your fingers or the back of a fork, crimp the dough to seal it tightly. With a sharp knife, cut 6 slits in the top crust, evenly spaced and radiating out from the center.

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Apple

Butter

Crust

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Brush the top of the pie with the remaining milk, half-and-half, or cream and sprinkle with the coarse-grained sugar.

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Cream

Sugar

Milk

Place the pie on the hot baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 375°F and bake until the pie crust is golden brown and the filling is thick and bubbling, about 40 to 50 minutes more.

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Pie Crust

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Remove from the oven and let sit on the baking sheet until the filling stops bubbling, then place on a wire rack to cool completely (at least 2 hours) before serving.

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