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Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

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Old-Fashioned Apple Pie has a classic pie crust filled with fresh picked apples and loaded with spices like cinnamon and nutmeg.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple pie, apple recipes, pies
Servings: 8
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Equipment

Ingredients

CRUST

  • 2 c. unbleached flour
  • 1-2 tsp. sugar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 12 T. butter cold & diced into cubes
  • 1/3 c. ice cold water
  • 1 T. vodka lemon juice or white vinegar

PIE FILLING

  • 8 c. apples sliced or diced
  • 1/3 c. sugar
  • 1/3 c. brown sugar
  • 2 T. instant clearJel or cornstarch
  • 2 T. lemon juice
  • 1 T. lemon zest
  • 1 T. Apple Pie Spice
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 T. diced butter
  • pinch salt

Instructions

PREP

  • Prep apples by slicing or cutting into bite-size pieces and set aside.
  • Place ice cubes in glass of water and set aside. Dice up butter into small cubes and put in freezer until making the crust.

CRUST

  • Place flour, sugar, and salt into food processor. Add cold butter, water, and vodka and pulse just until the dough comes together (crumbly).
  • Pour out the crust onto a piece of saran wrap and shape into round disk. Cut into half. Roll out dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Shape into round disk with enough to hang 1” over your pie pan. Do this process again with the other disk. Refrigerate 10-20 minutes if using right away or overnight.
  • Use one disk for the bottom crust. Place in pie pan, crimp and trim edges. Dust bottom of crust with thickening agent (clear jel or tapioca) and then brush lightly with egg wash (1 egg+1 T. cream). Pierce pie shell with fork.
  • For the top crust cut out decorative shapes with pie cutters or mini cookie cutters and place in fridge until ready to assemble pie.

PIE FILLING

  • Place apples, brown sugar, ClearJel, lemon juice, apple pie spice and vanilla and stir until incorporated.
  • Pour filling into crust, top with diced butter spread around. Place top crust over the filling. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with course sanding sugar. Place assembled pie in fridge to chill for 10 minutes.

BAKE

  • Bake pie at 400° for 15 minutes. Reduce oven to 375° cover with foil placed with a pie protector over the foil and bake an additional 45-50 minutes. Watch to see when pie starts to bubble, then let it bake 5 more minutes.