the perfect apple pie

Name: The Perfect Apple Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 - 9" deep dish marie callendar pie crusts; 4 - large granny smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced thin (between 1/4" - 1/3" thick - if cut too thick, the apples will not cook through; - zest and juice from one small lemon; 1/2 tsp - cinnamon; 1/4 tsp - nutmeg; 1 stick - unsalted butter (1/2 cup); 2 Tbls - all purpose flour; 1/2 cup - white sugar; 1/2 cup - brown sugar, packed; 2 Tbls - water; ## MAKES ONE SEMI-THICK, FLAVORFUL, JUICY, DEEP DISH PIE - THE RESULT OF MUCH EXPERIMENTING.

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Shelia Rudick

Lewisville, TX

Updated on Jul 12, 2015

I PREPARED SEVERAL PRIZE WINNING APPLE PIES, THEN TWEEKED THEM INTO ONE RECIPE TO ACHIEVE A JUICY, FLAVORFUL PIE. MY SISTER-IN-LAW IS A PROFESSIONAL COOK. I USED HER KITCHEN TO PREPARE THIS FINAL APPLE PIE AND AFTER SERVING HER, SHE EXCLAIMED, "THIS IS THE PERFECT APPLE PIE!" I AGREED.

Rate

prep time 30 Min

cook time 1 Hr 35 Min

method Bake

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 - 9" deep dish marie callendar pie crusts
4 - large granny smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced thin (between 1/4" - 1/3" thick - if cut too thick, the apples will not cook through
- zest and juice from one small lemon
1/2 tsp - cinnamon
1/4 tsp - nutmeg
1 stick - unsalted butter (1/2 cup)
2 Tbls - all purpose flour
1/2 cup - white sugar
1/2 cup - brown sugar, packed
2 Tbls - water
MAKES ONE SEMI-THICK, FLAVORFUL, JUICY, DEEP DISH PIE - THE RESULT OF MUCH EXPERIMENTING.

How To Make the perfect apple pie

Step 1

In large bowl, mix together apples and lemon. Set aside.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, soften butter in microwave (about 30 seconds). Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar, brown sugar, and spices. *Set aside 1/4 cup of sugar butter mix. Fold the remaining sugar butter mix evenly throughout the apple lemon mix.
Step 3

Fill bottom crust with apple mix, mounded slightly in the center to reduce spill over.
Step 4

Ball up and re-roll the 2nd pie crust into about 11" circle, then cut it into 1/2" or 3/4" strips for the lattice top. (I use a ruler for a straight edge.) Using the strips, cover apple pie with a lattice work crust.
Step 5

*Using a rubber spatula or your fingers, spread the reserved 1/4 cup sugar butter mixture evenly on top of the lattice. The mixture is thick, but will form a thin, sweet crust on the lattice work.
Step 6

*Alternate method to sweeten the lattice - Instead of brushing the top lattice crust with the sugar/butter mixture, after the pie has cooked 35-40 minutes, brush lattice with a little milk and sprinkle the top with sugar and cinnamon. (Course ground sugar works great for this.)
Step 7

Bake 35-40 minutes in the preheated oven. Loosely cover the pie with tin foil to prevent burning and bake an additional 35-40 minutes.
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