SWEET APPLE PIE - TAKE 3 – 11/15/09
APPLE PIE FILLING
Ingredients
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 ½ cups apples, peeled, cored, cut into 16ths (about 8 small apples)
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
Directions
Grease pie pan (I used stoneware). In a medium heated skillet add the butter then add the apples. Cook for about 2 to 5 minutes then add the cinnamon, brown sugar, and sugar. Swirl the apples around to make sure they all get coated. (Start mixture for Topping below). Cook another 5 minutes until apples are soft and caramelize. Pour apple pie filling into pie pan.
TOPPING
Ingredients
• ¾ cups melted butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ tsp cinnamon
Directions
Mix ingredients above. Pour topping over apple pie filling in pie pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes until crust turned light brown. Serve warm with Vanilla Ice Cream and Enjoy!!
NOTES: Best one yet!! Whole family likes and stays together well.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sweet Apple Pie TAKE 2
BASE PIE CRUST – TAKE 2 – 11/04/09
Ingredients
• 1 9” Mrs. Smith’s Deep Dish Pie Shell
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Remove frozen pie crust from package – let thaw 15 minutes. Thoroughly prick bottom and side of crust with fork to reduce shrinkage and bubbling. Place pie crust in empty pie pan same size as pie crust. Place on baking sheet and bake on middle rack for 12 minutes at 375 degrees F. Cool completely while preparing the apple pie filling and top pie crust. Turn oven down to 350 degrees F.
APPLE PIE FILLING
Ingredients
• 1 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 cups apples, peeled, cored, cut into 16ths (about 4-6 apples)
• 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ cup brown sugar
Directions
In a medium heated skillet add the butter then add the apples. Cook for about 2 to 5 minutes then add the cinnamon, brown sugar and orange juice. Swirl the apples around to make sure they all get coated. (Start mixture for Top Pie Crust below). Cook another 5 minutes until apples are soft and caramelize. Pour apple pie filling into cooled pie crust.
TOP PIE CRUST
Ingredients
• ½ cups melted butter
• ¾ cup flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Mix ingredients above. Pour top pie crust batter over apple pie filling in pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes until crust turned tan. Serve warm with Vanilla Ice Cream and Enjoy!!
NOTES: Too cakey/thick – use less flour & cinnamon in Top Pie Crust next time? Try eliminating Base Pie Crust?
Ingredients
• 1 9” Mrs. Smith’s Deep Dish Pie Shell
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Remove frozen pie crust from package – let thaw 15 minutes. Thoroughly prick bottom and side of crust with fork to reduce shrinkage and bubbling. Place pie crust in empty pie pan same size as pie crust. Place on baking sheet and bake on middle rack for 12 minutes at 375 degrees F. Cool completely while preparing the apple pie filling and top pie crust. Turn oven down to 350 degrees F.
APPLE PIE FILLING
Ingredients
• 1 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 cups apples, peeled, cored, cut into 16ths (about 4-6 apples)
• 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ cup brown sugar
Directions
In a medium heated skillet add the butter then add the apples. Cook for about 2 to 5 minutes then add the cinnamon, brown sugar and orange juice. Swirl the apples around to make sure they all get coated. (Start mixture for Top Pie Crust below). Cook another 5 minutes until apples are soft and caramelize. Pour apple pie filling into cooled pie crust.
TOP PIE CRUST
Ingredients
• ½ cups melted butter
• ¾ cup flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Mix ingredients above. Pour top pie crust batter over apple pie filling in pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes until crust turned tan. Serve warm with Vanilla Ice Cream and Enjoy!!
NOTES: Too cakey/thick – use less flour & cinnamon in Top Pie Crust next time? Try eliminating Base Pie Crust?
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