Deep-Dish Apple Pie

Name: Deep-Dish Apple Pie
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 kilograms Granny Smith apples, peeled, quartered and cored; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 118 milliliters to 8 tablespoons (about ice water; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 2 Tbsps freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 Zest of lemon; 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice; 1 Zest of orange; 12 servings Perfect Piecrust (see below); 118 milliliters sugar, plus 1 teaspoon to sprinkle on top; 1 Tbsp sugar; 12 Tbsps (1 1/2 sticks) very cold unsalted butter; 79 milliliters very cold vegetable shortening

Deep-Dish Apple Pie might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 494 calories. This recipe serves 12. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up kosher salt, perfect piecrust, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

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Oven

Cut each apple quarter in thirds crosswise and combine in a bowl with the zests, juices, 1/2 cup sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.

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Allspice

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Apple

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Roll out half the pie dough (see right) and drape it over the pie pan to extend about 1/2 inch over the rim. Don't stretch the dough; if it's too small, just put it back on the board and re-roll it.

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Pie Dough

Dough

Roll

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Pie Form

Fill the pie with the apple mixture.

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Apple

Brush the edge of the bottom piecrust with the egg wash so the top crust will adhere. Top with the second crust and trim the edges to about 1 inch over the rim. Tuck the edge of the top crust under the edge of the bottom crust and crimp the two together with your fingers or a fork.

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Pie Crust

Crust

Egg

Brush the entire top crust with the egg wash, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar and cut four or five slits.

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Crust

Sugar

Egg

Place the pie on a sheet pan and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until the crust is browned and the juices begin to bubble out.

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Crust

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Oven

Frying Pan

Serve warm.

Dice the butter and return it to the refrigerator while you prepare the flour mixture.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Place the flour, salt and sugar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse a few times to mix.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add the butter and shortening. Pulse 8 to 12 times, until the butter is the size of peas. With the machine running, pour the ice water down the feed tube and pulse the machine until the dough begins to form a ball. Dump out on a floured board and roll into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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Shortening

Water

Butter

Dough

Peas

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Cut the dough in half.

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Dough

Roll each piece on a well-floured board into a circle, rolling from the center to the edge, turning and flouring the dough to make sure it doesn't stick to the board. Fold the dough in half, place in a pie pan and unfold to fit the pan. Repeat with the top crust.

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Crust

Dough

Roll

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Pie Form

Frying Pan

Photograph by Quentin Bacon

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