Thursday, May 28, 2009

Farmhouse Apple Pie


Ingredients:
2 (1/2 recipe) disks Grandma's Pie Dough
2 1/2 pound(s) mixed apples, peeled, cored, and chopped into 3/4-inch pieces
2 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour
3/4 cup(s) sugar
1 tablespoon(s) sugar
1 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
1 tablespoon(s) lemon juice

Directions
Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Roll out one of the disks of dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness; transfer to a 9-inch pie pan. Set aside and keep chilled.

Roll the remaining dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Set aside on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and keep chilled.

Toss the chopped apples, flour, 3/4 cup sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and lemon juice together and mix until combined. Pour apple mixture into the prepared pie pan and top with the remaining dough.

Trim, leaving 1/2-inch overhang, fold under, and crimp edges. Sprinkle the top with the remaining tablespoon of sugar; chill for 10 minutes.

Bake until fruit is bubbling and crust is golden brown -- 50 to 55 minutes. Cool on wire rack.


Grandma's Pie Dough


Ingredients:
4 cup(s) all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon(s) salt
1 tablespoon(s) sugar
1 3/4 cup(s) unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces
1 tablespoon(s) white vinegar
1 (extra large) egg

Directions
Combine the flour, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

Whisk the vinegar, egg, and 1/2 cup of ice water together and mix into the flour mixture with your hands until just combined.

Transfer to a clean work surface, and gently press to form a dough. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts. Shape each into a ball, flatten slightly to form a disk, and wrap in plastic. Chill for at least 1 hour.



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