Chai Apple Pie Food

CHAI APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Heat apple juice in the microwave in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals until very warm, but not boiling. Add chai tea bags, cover, and let steep for 10 minutes. Discard tea bags.
• Meanwhile, peel and chop apples, tossing them in a bowl with lemon juice to keep from browning.
• Combine cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom, and black pepper for spice blend in a small bowl.
• Combine apples, apple juice-chai tea blend, the spice blend, brown sugar, butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and salt in a large pot. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the apples start to soften, about 30 minutes.
• Transfer 1/4 cup of the warm apple liquid from the pot to a small bowl. Add cornstarch and whisk until completely dissolved into the liquid and no clumps remain. Stir mixture back into the pot. Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring often, until the mixture starts to thicken, about 5 minutes. Pour the filling into a bowl and set aside to cool, about 1 hour.
• While filling cools, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Pour filling into one of the thawed pie crusts and press the other crust dough over the top. Cut a small, shallow slit in the top with a sharp knife. Gently brush beaten egg over the top crust. Cover the outer edges of the pie with aluminum foil to avoid burning.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Gently remove foil and continue to bake until golden and bubbly, about 15 minutes more. Allow to cool until the pie is warm, but not hot, before serving.

CHAI SPICED DOUBLE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Place jellyroll pan on rack in lower third of oven.
• Preheat to 350°F.
• Combine dried fruit and rum. Microwave on high at 15 intervals until warm and plumped. Set aside.
• Coat deep-dish pie pan with cooking spray. Prepare crust as instructed, reserving 2/3 cup of dough. On lightly floured surface, roll out remaining dough into 14" round. Fit into pan. On lightly floured surface, roll reserved dough into 14" round, cut out 10 1-in wide strips.
• In large bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, and spice. Stir in apples and dried fruit mixture until coated. Transfer into crust.
• Brush edges of crust with egg. Arrange dough strips in lattice pattern over filling. Press ends onto bottom crust. Trim edges and flute. Brush with egg. Sprinkle evenly with sugar.
• Bake on hot pan for 2 hours or until bubbly. Cover with foil after 2 hour if crust is browning too quickly.
• Cool completely on rack. Serve with ice cream, if desired.

CHAI-SPICE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• On a lightly floured work surface, rollout one dough disk to a 13-inch round,about 1/8 inch thick. Brush off flour. Fitdough into a 9-inch pie plate; trim to a1/4-inch overhang. Chill 30 minutes.
• Peel, core, and cut apples into 1/2-inchslices. In a large bowl, gently toss appleswith lemon juice, brown sugar, flour, salt,fennel, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with a bakingsheet on center rack. Arrange apple mixtureon dough; dot with butter. Roll outremaining disk as above; drape over pieplate. Trim to a 1/2-inch overhang, andfold under bottom dough; crimp with afork. Cut a 1/4-inch hole in center; makefour slits. Chill at least 15 minutes.
• Cut dough scraps into shapes, and adhere to pie with egg white. Brush over entire pie with egg white, sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake on heated sheet until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees; continue baking until juices are bubbling, 30 to 35 minutes more. Let cool on a wire rack.