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My Family's Apple Pie

TrannyTam
TrannyTam @timxtam

Granny Smith apples for tartness, but Gala apples also work best. You may need to adjust amount of sugar for sweetness.

My Family's Apple Pie

Granny Smith apples for tartness, but Gala apples also work best. You may need to adjust amount of sugar for sweetness.

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Ingredients

1 if you're brave enough
  1. Pie crust (double for 2-crust pie)
  2. 1 stickbutter (8 Tbsp, ~113g)
  3. 3 1/2 Tbspice water
  4. 2 1/4 CAP flour
  5. 1/4 tspbaking powder
  6. 1/2 tspsalt
  7. Apple Pie filling
  8. 1 lb.apples (~0.45 kg)
  9. 1/2 Cwhite sugar
  10. 1/2 Cpacked dark brown sugar
  11. Lemon juice (from half a lemon, or 1 whole)
  12. 1/2 tspcinnamon
  13. 1 tspnutmeg
  14. 1/2 tspground ginger
  15. Tiny pinch of salt
  16. Miniscule pinch of allspice cloves (careful, it's potent)
  17. 1/3 Cdark molasses (can sub with honey, or dark maple syrup)
  18. 1/3 Cwater, or less
  19. 1/4 Cflour

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder. Cut butter into dry mixture

  2. 2

    Dough should be buttery-colored, thoroughly mixed in. Add ice water, mix lightly with a fork. Roll onto floured board.

  3. 3

    Preheat oven to 450F.

  4. 4

    Peel and thinly slice apples and place into large mixing bowl. Add sugars, spices, salt, molasses. Add lemon juice and mix. Add water and stir mixture. Add flour (to keep from mixture from being too runny).

  5. 5

    Place, crimp pie crust into 9" round pan, greased well. Prick with fork.

  6. 6

    Place apple mixture into pie shell. Sky high that slugger since thems apples gonna cook down. Cover with second crust and slits for vent. Crimp.

  7. 7

    Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes until the pie crust "sets." Turn oven temperature down to tree fitty and continue to bake for approx 1 hour, or until mixture bubbles out and knife inserted tlinto applies comes out easily.

  8. 8

    When pie is juicing and apples are soft, 'tis done!

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