There is nothing as American as Apple Pie. Hi, I am Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com. And, today we will be showing you a recipe for this American favorite.
You will need the ingredients for both the filling and the crust but for now we are just making the crust. So here is what you will need for that, two cups of all purpose flour, one teaspoon of salt, three quarters of a cup of shortening, and five to six tablespoons of cold water. So, the first step for the crust is, you mix together the flour and the salt. Next, we have to cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles the consistency of crisp crumbs. Sprinkle on the ice water of tablespoon at a time and mix between each addition until the dough holds together. So, I just formed the dough into a bowl and if it a hot day, you will want to wrap in wax paper and put it on the fridge for half an hour.
So while we are waiting for a dough to cool, we can start to prepare the filling. For that, you will need, two thirds of a cup to three quarters of a cup of sugar, two tablespoons of all purpose flour, half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon, a quarter teaspoon of ground nutmeg, half a teaspoon of grated lemon peel, one to two teaspoons of lemon juice, six to seven cups of thinly sliced, peeled and cord cooking apples which is about two pounds, one tablespoon of butter or margarine and some milk. So, the first step for the filling is to prepare the apples. I will be peeling them using this peeling machine but you can do it the traditional way if you like and once that is done, you have to cord them then slice them into very small slices.
Now, we will be combining the sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and lemon. The amount of sugar you will use depends on how tart your apples are. More sour, more sugar. So now we have taken our dough out of the fridge and we have to separate it into two sections, one for the bottom crust and one for the top crust. And, what we will do is roll it out into a circle like that of federal parkway.
Now that we got our crust in the bottom of the pipe way, we will put in half at least in the sliced apples in a nice formation and then we will sprinkle it with the sugar mixture. And then we will place the rest of the apples on top and sprinkle it with the rest of the sugar mixture.
Next we will do their filling with the butter. So, free your top crust, you can want to make it a little fancy. So, you can take out there a cookie cutter or a sharp knife or what I have got here which is a high crest stencil and make it a little more decorative. It is important to glue the pie crust together with a little water and then what we want to do is also trim the excess crispy crumb about hanging in the edge and finally we will decorate with these little apples. Make sure your oven is pre-heating to 425 degrees. Now, if you want a golden glaze on your pie, you are going to want to put some milk all around the top of it except for the edges and now, the edges are the part of the pie that is most likely to burn. So, if you want to prevent this, you can get one of these pie crest protectors or you can just wrap some aluminum foil all around the round.
Now, we will bake the pie for 40 or 50 minutes or until it is golden brown.
