Perfect Apple Pie

By srumbel

A terrific recipe for the perfect apple pie with a few tricks included!
from thatskinnychickcanbake.com

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 sticks cold butter, cut into tablespoon slices
• 4-6 tablespoons very cold water (I like to add a few ice cubes to a measuring cup with about a half cup of water…use that to pour into your measuring spoon).
• Filling:
• 3 pounds apples (I used golden delicious, Granny Smith, and Jonagolds), peeled and each cut into 8 slices
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 2/3 cup sugar (you may use more or less depending on sweetness of apples)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg
• Dash of salt

Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 80mins

Preparation

Step 1

Combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in food processor and pulse a couple times to mix.

Add butter and pulse till mixture looks like coarse cornmeal, about 20 short pulses. Sprinkle with 4 tablespoons of water and pulse about 5 times or until dough starts to come together.

Squeeze a small amount of dough between your fingers. If it doesn’t hold together add up to 2 more tablespoons of water, pulsing after each addition until the dough holds together. Recheck dough after each addition till it holds together.

Put half of dough on a piece of plastic wrap and form into a disk. Wrap completely and repeat with other half. Refrigerate disks at least an hour before rolling.

Melt butter in large saute pan. Saute apples for about a minute, gently stirring to coat apples with butter. Add lemon juice and sugar and cook until the apples are just tender, about 5 more minutes. Sprinkle with cinnamon and mix to combine. Allow to cool while rolling out bottom crust.

Preheat oven to 400º.

Place bottom crust into 9-inch pie plate. Fill with apples. Roll out top crust and place over apples.

Seal edges and flute if desired. Cut a few vents into top crust to allow steam to escape.

Alternatively, you can cut the top crust into slits and weave to make a lattice crust.

If desired, whisk egg with salt. Brush lightly over crust and sprinkle with sugar.

Reduce oven temperature to 375º, and bake for about 40 minutes, until the top is browned and filling is bubbling. Cool on rack.

Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired.

Yield: 8 servings