Classic American Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 cup butter
- 3 -4 tablespoons cold water
- 5 -6 large apples, peeled, cored, cut into wedges
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄4 cup dark brown sugar
- 3 -4 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut up
directions
-
Make crust:
- combine flour, sugar, salt, lemon peel in large bowl.
- mix butter with your hands until consisstency of coarse crumbs.
- stir in 2 tbs cold water with rubber spatula. pat into ball--add water until ball holds together.
- divide dough into two balls, one slightly larger.
- wrap in wax paper and refrigerate about 1hr.
- roll larger ball between two sheets of wax paper until 1/4 in thick.
- fit dough into 9in glass pie plate. refrigerate.
- roll second ball between two sheets of waxed paper into a 12in round.
- Position rack on lower third of oven and preheat to 425.
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Make filling:
- In large bowl, add apples, sugars, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon and salt. mix well.
- let stand for 15min, stirring often.
- pour apple mixture into bottom crust.
- dot top with very small pieces of butter.
- brush overhanging edge of bottom crust with cold water.
- cover with top crust and seal edges.
- trim ends and flute edge.
- cut steam vents in top crust.
- place pie on cookie sheet and bake 30 minutes.
- reduce temperature to 350 and bake until juices begin to bubble through steam vents 30-40 minutes more.
- let cool at least 1 hr.
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