To honor this special day, I baked my husband an apple pie. Not the usual apple pie that I normally make . . . but I got out the cookbook I bought many years ago and never opened (silly me!!) - a whole cookbook devoted to apple pies!! (can you imagine!!) Apple Pie Perfect by Ken Haedrich. It has 100 recipes of every type of apple pie known to mankind! Maybe someday I should start at page 1 and bake my way through the book - what fun would that be!!
The recipe I chose for National Pie Day was Traditional Lattice-Top Apple Pie. This is so easy to make!! You can whip this up in a matter of minutes. And the miracles never cease!! I made my own pie dough!! No store bought dough here!!
All American Double Pie Crust
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 T sugar
3/4 t salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into small pieces)
1/4 cup cold shortening (like Crisco).
1/2 cup cold water
Directions:
This works up beautifully in your food processor!!
Put the flour, sugar and salt in your food processor and pulse for a few seconds - just enough to mix.
Fluff up the flour mixture with a fork. Add the butter pieces and pulse again for a few seconds.
Fluff up the mixture again with a fork. Add the shortening pieces and pulse again for a few seconds, just enough to get it all mixed it.
Drizzle half of the cold water over the flour mixture and pulse the machine for a few seconds. Fluff the pastry with a fork. Add the rest of the water and pulse the machine until the pastry starts to form clumps. It should look like coarse crumbs.
Test the pastry by squeezing a small handful - if it sticks together, GREAT!! If not, add a little bit more water.
Using your hands, pack the pastry into 2 balls - one larger than the other. Knead each one briefly and flatten into a disk shape. Wrap in saran wrap and store in the refrigerator for one hour.
Traditional Lattice Top Apple Pie
Ingredients:
8 cups peeled, cored and sliced apples (I used golden delicious)
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 1/2 T all purpose flour
1/2 t ground cinnamon
3 T lemon juice
2 T cold, unsalted butter
Glaze:
Milk
White sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F
Combine the apples, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and lemon juice in a large mixing bowl. Toss to mix.
Roll out the second disk and cut 8 1" strips using a pizza cutter or knife (set aside).
Spoon the pie filling into the crust and smooth out. Dot with the 2 T of butter.
Lay 5 for the strips horizonally on the pie.
Weave the remaining strips with the horizonal strips.
Brush with strips with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
Place the pie on large baking sheet.
Bake for 20 minutes at 400F.
Reduce the temperature to 375F and bake another 45 to 50 minutes.
Let cool on a rack (if you can!!)
Entire Recipe:
Traditional Lattice-Top Apple Pie
All American Double Pie Crust
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 T sugar
3/4 t salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into small pieces)
1/4 cup cold shortening (like Crisco).
1/2 cup cold water
Directions:
This works up beautifully in your food processor!!
Put the flour, sugar and salt in your food processor and pulse for a few seconds - just enough to mix.
Fluff up the flour mixture with a fork. Add the butter pieces and pulse again for a few seconds.
Fluff up the mixture again with a fork. Add the shortening pieces and pulse again for a few seconds, just enough to get it all mixed it.
Drizzle half of the cold water over the flour mixture and pulse the machine for a few seconds. Fluff the pastry with a fork. Add the rest of the water and pulse the machine until the pastry starts to form clumps. It should look like coarse crumbs.
Test the pastry by squeezing a small handful - if it sticks together, GREAT!! If not, add a little bit more water.
Using your hands, pack the pastry into 2 balls - one larger than the other. Knead each one briefly and flatten into a disk shape. Wrap in saran wrap and store in the refrigerator for one hour.
Pie Filling:
Ingredients:
8 cups peeled, cored and sliced apples (I used golden delicious)
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 1/2 T all purpose flour
1/2 t ground cinnamon
3 T lemon juice
2 T cold, unsaledt butter
Glaze:
Milk
White sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F
Combine the apples, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and lemon juice in a large mixing bowl. Toss to mix.
Remove pie crusts and roll out one disk for a 9" pie pan. Lay in pie plate and crimp edges.
Roll out the second disk and cut 8 1" strips using a pizza cutter or knife (set aside).
Spoon the pie filling into the crust and smooth out. Dot with the 2 T of butter.
Lay 5 for the strips horizonally on the pie.
Weave the remaining strips with the horizonal strips.
Brush with strips with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
Place the pie on large baking sheet.
Bake for 20 minutes at 400F.
Reduce the temperature to 375F and bake another 45 to 50 minutes.
Let cool on a rack (if you can!!)
Verdict:
My husband loved it (especially with the homemade ice cream I made for him earlier in the day!). It was really good!! And it made my house smell OH SO WONDERFUL!!! Yep, we have another winner!!
Enjoy!!
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