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Contest: All-American Apple Pie

Source of Recipe

Sarah Spaugh


Recipe Introduction

1st Place Winner!

List of Ingredients

Crust:

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon sugar

1 cup chilled shortening

6 to 7 tablespoons icecold water

1 tablespoon white vinegar

Milk for brushing crust
Filling:

6 cups cored, peeled and thinly sliced apples (a combination of McIntosh, Gala and Rome)

3/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 ground allspice

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1/2 cup apple juice

2 tablespoons melted butter, slightly cooled
Streusel

1 cup all-purpose flour

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup cold butter, cut into 1 1/4-inch pieces


Recipe

1. For the crust, combine flour, salt and sugar in a bowl. Cut in shortening until coarse crumbs form. Combine water and vinegar. Gradually stir enough of the water mixture into flour mixture until a soft ball of dough forms. Divide dough into 2 balls and press down into disks. Wrap and chill for a few minutes.

2. Roll 1 ball of dough into a large circle, 12 to 13 inches in diameter, and place in a 9-inch pie pan. Roll the other ball into a large circle for the top crust and set aside.

3. Heat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, make the filling by tossing apples with sugar, flour, cinnamon, allspice, lemon juice, apple juice and melted butter until combined.

4. In a separate bowl, make streusel by mixing flour, sugar and pieces of butter until combined. Sprinkle about 1/4 cup of the streusel on the bottom of the crust in the pie pan. Add half of the filling. Sprinkle another 1/4 cup on top of the layer of apples. Then add the remaining apples and top with another 1/4 cup of the streusel. Cover pie with top crust, cut away any excess dough and seal edges. Use any dough scraps to create decorative apple or other shapes if desired and place them on top crust. If desired, sprinkle a little streusel on top of the crust. (You will have some streusel left over.) Use a fork to make a few perforations in top crust. Brush the top crust with a little milk.

4. Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake 45 to 50 minutes or until pie is golden.