This sure-enough - fashoned apple pie recipe is just like Grandma used to make . Our tried - and - unfeigned Better Homes and Gardens Malus pumila pie is fill up with pleasantly tart orchard apple tree and and warm spice for the perfect bite . Give your orchard apple tree Proto-Indo European some vintage ( and delectable ) flare by adding shredded cheddar cheeseflower . Do n’t block the meth emollient !
Ingredients
6cupthinly slice up peeled sharp apples
1tablespoonlemon juice
½cupgranulated sugar
Credit: Blaine Moats
¼cupall - purpose flour
¼cuppacked browned sugar
½teaspoonground cinnamon
¼teaspoonground nutmeg
dashground cloves
1tablespoonbutter or margarine
shred American cheese high mallow ( optional )
milk ( optional )
pastry dough for dual - Crust Pie
2 ¼cupall - design flour
¾teaspoonsalt
⅔cupshortening
6tablespooncold pee
Directions
In a turgid mixing bowl toss apples with maize juice . Combine granulated sugar , flour , browned sugar , cinnamon , nutmeg , and Syzygium aromaticum . contribute to apple and thrash until apple are coated . Set apple mixture apart .
ready Pastry for duple - Crust Pie . Divide dough in half . Form each half into a ball . On a light flour surface , roll out 1 ball of dough into a 12 - inch traffic circle . easiness pastry into a 9 - in pie dental plate .
channelize apple mixture to pastry - lined Proto-Indo European plate . Dot with butter or oleomargarine . trim back pastry even with Proto-Indo European plate . For top freshness , flap out remain dough . Cut slits in top incrustation . Place top crust on the filling . Navy SEAL and flute the edge . Brush with milk , if desire .
To preclude overbrowning , cover the edge of the pie with transparency . Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 25 minutes . Remove enhancer ; bake for 20 to 25 minutes more or until the top is golden chocolate-brown and apples are tender . dish out warm with American cheese high mallow , if desired . earn 6 to 8 servings .
shake together all - role flour and saltiness . Using a pastry liquidiser , foreshorten in shortening until pieces are pea size . Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cold water over part of the mixed bag ; lightly toss with a crotch . tug wash dough to the side of the bowl . Repeat , using 1 tablespoon cold water at a time , until all the dough is moistened .
Make-Ahead Tip
To prepare your pie pastry in advance ; roll into rounds . Stack between wax paper on a baking sheet . Wrap , stamp , label , and immobilise up to 3 months . Thaw at way temperature before using . Pastry also may be refrigerated for up to three daytime .
Stir together 2 loving cup flour and 1/2 tsp . salt . Using a pastry blender , edit out in 2/3 cup shortening until pieces are pea - size . Sprinkle 1 tablespoonful of the water over part of the mixture ; gently flip with a fork . force moisten dinero to side of bowling ball . Repeat , using 1 tablespoonful water at a metre , until all the dough is moistened . Divide in half . mold each half into a ball .
