Maida Heatter's Free-Form Apple Pie

Name: Maida Heatter's Free-Form Apple Pie
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup cold butter, cut up; 3 -4 tablespoons ice water; 1/4 cup butter; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon cognac or 1 tablespoon water; 3 -3 1/2 lbs granny smith apples (peeled, cored, and cut into 8ths); 1/3 cup raisins; 1/2 cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped; 1/2 cup apricot preserves

Submitted by AmyZoe

"This is a delicious apple pie that's a little different from the usual apple pie. Raisins, walnuts, and apricot preserves make this little number very tasty. I think the recipe came from BHG or LHJ."

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Ready In:: 1hr 45mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

Pastry
1 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup cold butter, cut up
3 -4 tablespoons ice water
Filling
¹⁄₄ cup butter
³⁄₄ cup sugar
1 1 tablespoon cognac or 1 tablespoon water
3 - 3 ¹⁄₂ lbs granny smith apples (peeled, cored, and cut into 8ths)
¹⁄₃ cup raisins
¹⁄₂ cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
Glaze
¹⁄₂ cup apricot preserves

directions

Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Add water and toss with a fork until pastry holds together.
Shape pastry into a ball and flatten into a disk.
Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
Melt butter in a 12" skillet over medium heat.
Increase heat to high and add sugar and brandy.
Stir in apples and cover and cook 3 minutes, stirring apples twice.
Uncover and add raisins and cook apples, stirring until tender and liquid evaporates, about 6 minutes more.
Cool apples completely.
Stir in nuts.
Heat oven to 425.
Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry into a 14 inch circle.
Transfer pastry to a large cookie sheet.
Arrange apples on pastry, leaving a 2 to 2 1/2 inch border around the edge.
Fold edge of pastry over apples.
The pie shell should be about 9 inches in diameter.
Bake 15 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 400 and bake 30 minutes, until crust is golden brown.
Melt preserves through a sieve into a cup.
Drizzle over filling.
Cool on cookie sheet.
Transfer to serving platter when cool.

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AmyZoe

Nampa, Idaho

I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.

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