Apple Pie in Cheddar Crust
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
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CHEDDAR CHEESE PASTRY
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2⁄3 cup Crisco shortening
- 6 tablespoons cold water
- 1 egg, olk beaten
- 1 tablespoon water
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APPLE FILLING
- 9 cups tart cooking apples, peeled and sliced
- 1⁄3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- FOR CHEDDAR CHEESE PASTRY: Combine flour, cheddar cheese, and salt in a large bowl. Cut in Crisco with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add cold water, 1 tablespoons at a time, mixing until dry ingredients are moistened and dough can be gathered into a ball. Reserve egg yolk and water.
- Divide dough almost in half. Roll out larger half ot a 13-inch cirlcle on a lightly floured surface. Line a 9-inch pie plate witrh pastry. Trim edge to 1/2 -inch beyond rim of pie plate.
- FOR APPLE FILLING: Combine apples, sugars, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl; mix well. Arrange in the unbaked pie shell. Dot with butter.
- Roll our remainnig pastry to an 11-inch circle. Place top crust over apples and trim edge ot 1-inch beyond rim of pie plate. Fold top crust under lower crust and form a ridge. Flute edge. Cut slits for steam to escape. Combine egg yolk and water. Brush over crust.
- Bake at 400F for 40 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Cool on a rack. Serve warm or cold with scoops of ice cream or slices of cheedar cheese.
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