California Farm Orchard Apple Pie

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

We inherited a handtool to make apple pies, because all our Granny Smith apples are ripe at the same time, and making twenty pies by hand with just a knife is a lot of work. The antique hand tool below peels, slices and cores an apple in like ten seconds, amazing. We also press cider and dry apple slices. Grandpa’s secret: I use cookie dough to make apple pies, the flavors are in the crispy crust.

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Ingredients

15 min prep, 45 min bake, 30 min rest.
One pie serves four people
  1. 200 gramsall-purpose flour
  2. 6small apples
  3. 100 gramsbrown sugar
  4. 115 grambutter- one stick
  5. tspvanilla
  6. 1farm fresh egg
  7. Tbslemon juice
  8. 1/2 tspsalt
  9. 1/2 tspcinnamon
  10. TbsCointreau
  11. Equipment
  12. 8 inchdiameter spring pie form, high sides, the height of an apple, air fryer oven
  13. bread mixer
  14. antique apple peeler/corer/slicer, or with knife
  15. pie top pattern maker (alibaba)
  16. Cost
  17. Apples free from tree or $3, crust $1.50, quarter pie slice is $1.13 per person

Cooking Instructions

15 min prep, 45 min bake, 30 min rest.
  1. 1

    Put flour, salt, sugar, cinnamon in bread mixer, stir well. Add egg, vanilla, lemon juice, butter cut in Tbs slices, knead till smooth. Scoop in three equal parts, shrinkwrap, cool down in freezer.

  2. 2

    Peel, core, slice 6 apples. By hand, or with this amazing little device. Precook apple slices in microwave, you wont get soggy crust.

  3. 3

    Roll one doughball on floured board for the top, pattern with this handy tool to let the steam escape and keep the crust crispy. Or slice the top crust in 1/2” strips and weave over the top. Put in freezer on a plate till needed.

  4. 4

    Roll out second ball for the bottom, impress pie form to get a precise diameter, put in bottom of pie form.

  5. 5

    Use left over dough from making top and bottom and mix with third ball, roll out on floured board, impress side of pie form to cut precise sides, press in place. This crust can be thick, it tastes like cookies.

  6. 6

    Install top, close edges with a thin tube made of left over dough, drizzle Cointreau on top. Preheat airfryer oven to 400F, bake 45 minutes, rest 30 minutes. Cut in quarters to serve farm family size portions. Enjoy.

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Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
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California, United States
I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. I learned growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish from my farmer grandparents and parents. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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