Rustic Apple Pie with Dried Cherries

Name: Rustic Apple Pie with Dried Cherries
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps lowfat buttermilk; 79 milliliters dried tart cherries; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters whole-grain pastry flour or regular whole-wheat flour; 2 teaspoons granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon honey; 3 Tbsps ice water; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 3 Tbsps light brown sugar; 3 mediums Golden Delicious apples, unpeeled; 0 teaspoons salt; 4 Tbsps cold, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces; 0 teaspoons boiling water

Rustic Apple Pie with Dried Cherries might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 235 calories. This recipe serves 6. If you have butter, salt, cornstarch, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

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To prepare the crust, put the whole-wheat pastry flour, all-purpose flour, granulated sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor and pulse 3 times to combine.

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All Purpose Flour

Granulated Sugar

Crust

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add the butter and pulse about 12 times, until you get a pebbly course texture. In a small bowl combine the buttermilk and ice water.

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Buttermilk

Water

Butter

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Bowl

Add the buttermilk-water mixture and pulse 3 to 5 times more to combine. Pat the dough into a 4-inch round and wrap in plastic wrap.

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Buttermilk

Dough

Water

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Place in the freezer for 10 minutes, or make ahead and refrigerate for up to 1 day.

In the meantime, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F, and prepare the filling. Core the apples and cut them into 1/4-inch slices. In a large bowl toss the apple slices with the lemon juice.

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Lemon Juice

Apple

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Bowl

Oven

Add the dried cherries then sprinkle in the cornstarch, brown sugar and cinnamon and toss until the apples are evenly coated. Set aside.

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Dried Cherries

Brown Sugar

Corn Starch

Cinnamon

Apple

On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough into a large circle about 9 inches in diameter. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and draping the dough over the rolling pin, transfer it to the prepared baking sheet. If the dough breaks, patch it up with your fingers.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Rolling Pin

Arrange the apple mixture in a mound in the center on the dough, leaving a 1 to 2-inch border. Fold the border over the filling. It will only cover the filling partially and does not need to be even.

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Apple

Dough

Bake the pie at 425 degrees F for 15 minutes, and then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F, keeping the pie in the oven all the while, and bake for another 40 minutes, until the apples are tender and the crust is golden brown.

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Apple

Crust

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Oven

In a small bowl stir together the honey and boiling water to make a glaze. When the pie is done remove it from the oven and brush the honey glaze all over the top of the fruit and crust.

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Glaze

Fruit