new hampshire maple apple pecan pie

How To Make new hampshire maple apple pecan pie

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  Step 1
  For the crust: Dice butter and return it to the refrigerator while you prepare flour mixture.
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  Step 2
  Place flour, salt, and sugar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse a few times to mix. Add the butter and shortening. Pulse 8-12 times until the butter is the size of peas.
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  Step 3
  With the machine running, pour the ice water in through the processor feed and pulse the machine until the dough begins to form a ball.
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  Step 4
  Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes.
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  Step 5
  Roll the dough on a well-floured board into a circle, rolling from center to edge, turning and flouring the dough to make sure it doesn’t stick to the board.
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  Step 6
  Then, fold dough in half, place in the pie pan, and unfold to fit the pan.
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  Filling: Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit.
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  Step 8
  Peel, core, and slice apples very thin.
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  Step 9
  In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, flour, vanilla bean, salt, and cinnamon.
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  Step 10
  Place one layer of apples in the pie crust and sprinkle with 2 tsp of the sugar mixture. Repeat the process until all the sugar has been added.
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  Step 11
  Crumb Topping: Mix together all crumb topping ingredients with a fork until crumbly.
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  Step 12
  Cover filling with crumb topping.
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  Step 13
  Bake in the preheated oven at 375° for 30 minutes.
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  Step 14
  Turn pie in oven and cover edges with aluminum foil and continue to bake an additional 30 minutes.
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  Step 15
  Bring 1/2 cup pure NH Maple syrup to a boil; continue to cook until a candy thermometer inserted into it indicates “soft ball” temperature, about 235°-240°F.
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  Step 16
  Drizzle maple over pie.
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  Step 17
  Whipped topping: In a mixing bowl, beat whipping cream and 2 tbsp maple syrup until firm peaks form.
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  Step 18
  Cool pie. Decorate inside edge of pie and peak of pie with maple whipped cream and additional pecan halves.
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