BLUE- RIBBON APPLE PIE

BLUE- RIBBON APPLE PIE image

Categories Fruit Dessert Bake Vegetarian

Yield 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 20

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Ingredients

Crust:
2 Cups all-purpose flour
1/2t salt
1/4c chilled butter or stick margarine, cut into pieces
1/4C veg shortening
1/2t cider vinegar
Filling
2C thinly sliced peeled Granny Smith tart apple such as Newton, Pippin, or Crispin (1pound)
2C thinly sliced peeled Braeburn or other all-purpose apples such as empire
1C thinly sliced peeled Rome ore other firm baking apple such as Baldwin or Winesap (1/2 pound)
1C thinly sliced peeled McIntosh or other tender apple such as Gravenstein or Jonathan about 1/2 pound
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 C sugar
1/4 C packed brown sugar
3 Tablespoons flour
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
cooking spray
2 teaspoons fat-free milk
1T granulated sugar

Steps:

1. To prepare crust, lightly spoon 2 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl; cut in butter and shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add vinegar and enough ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork until dough in half. Gently press each dough half into a 4-inch circle on heavyduty plastic wrap, and cover with additional plastic wrap. Roll one half of dough, still covered, into a 12 inch circle; chill. Roll other half of dough, still covered, into an 11-inch circle; chill. 2. Preheat oven to 450 3. To prepare filling, combine apples and lemon juice in a large bowl. Combine 1/2C granulated sugar, brown sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Sprinkle over apple mixture, tossing well to combine. 4.Remove 1 sheet of plastic wrap from the 12-inch circle; fit dought, plastic-wrap side up, into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray, allowing dough to extend over edge of plate. Remove top sheet of plastic wrap. Spoon apple mixture into crust. Remove 1 sheet of plastic wrap from the 11-inch circle. and place dough, plastic -wrap side up, on top of apple mixture. Remove top sheet of plastic wrap. Press edges of dough together; fold edges under, and flute. Cut 6(1-inch) slits into topof pastry using a sharp knife. Brush top and edges of pie with milk; sprinkkle with 1 tablespoon granulated sugar. Place pie on a baking sheet; bake at 450 for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 (do not remove pie from oven). Bake an additional 45 minutes or until golden (sheild crust with aluminum foil if it gets too brown). Cool on a wire rack.