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Classic Apple Pie

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Use your favorite local seasonal apple. For a great go-to-pie apple, try Golden Delicious. It balances acidity, sweetness, and texture and caramelizes well during baking.

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Ingredients

  • 2 chilled 3-2-1 pie dough discs from recipe collection listed in the desserts folder.
  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch ground ginger
  • 1 pinch ground cloves
  • 1 T. lemon juice
  • 5 Golden Delicious apples
  • 1 egg whisked with 1 T. water, for egg wash
  • Pinch sugar for coating the crust

Details

Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 80mins
Adapted from photos.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375
Use a rolling pin dusted with flour to roll one dough disc on a lightly floured surface, leaving the second dough disc chilling in the refrigerator.
Turn dough 45 degrees with each roll, so dough doesn't stick to board and forms a rough circle, 1/4 inch thick.
Lay rolled dough into a pie tin, and push it into the sides, avoiding stretching or tearing the dough. Chill rolled dough in pie tin.
In small bowl, mix together sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves with a whisk and set aside.
Pour lemon juice in bowl big enough to hold apples.
Peel, core, and slice apples into 1/3 inch slices and toss in bowl with lemon juice, coating slices well.
Pour dry sugar mixture into apple slices and toss, coating well.
Use a rolling pin and roll second dough disc. Repeat rolling prodedure from first dough disc forming a rough circle, 1/4 inch thick, to be used as pie top.
Pour apples into pie tin lined with pie dough. Using a pastry brush, brush edges with egg wash. Lay second rolled dough on top and seal edges, crimpling with thumb and fingertips or using fork tines to make a decorative edge, and trim excess dough with kitchen scissors. Cut small slits in dough or hold in center to help vent steam during cooking.
Chill pie in freezer for 10 minutes.
Brush pie top with egg wash, and coat with light sprinkling of sugar.
Bake until apple filling bubbles and crust turns deep golden brown, roughly 50-55 minutes. Rotate in oven after 25 minutes.
Allow to cool and serve still slightly warm or at room temperature.

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