Macintosh Apple Pie Food

APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Prepare the filling: Peel, halve and core the apples. Cut each half into 6 wedges and toss with the sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the apple mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until the firmer apples begin to soften but still hold their shape, 8 to 9 minutes. Sprinkle with the flour, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg and toss until the juices begin to thicken, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and cool completely. (The filling can be made up to 2 days ahead; cover and refrigerate.)
• Make the dough: Pulse the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor until combined. Add the shortening and pulse until it disappears, about 30 seconds. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture looks like coarse meal with pea-size bits of butter. Beat 1 egg with 1/4 cup ice water in a bowl, then add to the processor and pulse once or twice. (Stop before the dough gathers into a ball.) Lay out 2 sheets of plastic wrap; divide the dough between the sheets and pat each into a disk. Wrap the disks tightly and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Roll 1 disk of dough into a 12-inch round on a floured surface (or between 2 pieces of floured parchment paper). Ease into a 9 1/2-inch deep-dish glass pie plate. Add the filling, mounding it slightly, and dot with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Chill the pie while you roll the remaining dough into a 12-inch round.
• Lay the dough over the filling and press the 2 crusts together around the edges. Fold the overhanging dough under itself and crimp with your fingers. Beat the remaining egg in a bowl and brush over the top crust; sprinkle with sugar. Pierce the top with a knife a few times to let steam escape. Chill 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place the pie on a baking sheet; bake until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbly, 55 to 60 minutes. (Cover the edges with foil if they brown too quickly.) Transfer to a rack and cool until set, 2 hours.

MACINTOSH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Combine the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and flour in a bowl. Place the sliced Macintosh apples in a roomy bowl and toss with the lemon juice. Then sprinkle the sugar mixture over the apples and toss thoroughly. Fill the pie shell with the apple mixture, mounding it higher in the center. The filling shrinks a lot during the baking. Dot the top of the apple pie filling with the 2 tablespoons of butter.Bake the pie in the middle of the oven for 45 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and a knife inserted into the apples tests soft and cooked through. Continue to bake until the apples test done.

APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a 9 by 12 baking dish, combine apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar. In a small bowl, mix flour or graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and butter together using the tines of a fork and your fingers, working until even, small crumbles form. Sprinkle topping evenly over apples and bake 15 to 20 minutes until apples are just tender and topping is golden brown. Top dishes of apple crisp with small scoops of vanilla ice cream. YUM!

VERMONT MCINTOSH APPLE PIE WITH CHEDDER CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F. Combine first 4 ingredients together for your pie crust. Roll out and press into a 9 inch pie plate, set aside.
• Cook the apples in the water until soft. Add the brown sugar and cinnamon, then the sugar , cream, rinds and juice of fruit (apple or orange) and sherry or cider, and eggs. Pour into pie crust. Bake for 15 minutes, then lower oven to 325F and bake an additional 40-45 minutes until pie is pretty set not jiggly. Cool. Top with meringue.

PERFECT APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll one disc of dough into a 12-inch round that's 1/8-inch thick. Fit into a 9-inch pie plate. Set aside in the refrigerator.
• In a large bowl, combine apples, sugar, flour, spices, lemon juice, zest, and salt; toss to combine. Pour into lined pie plate. Dot with butter. Roll second disc of dough into a 12-inch round that's 1/8 inch thick. Lay dough over fruit. Cut vents into top crust. Trim edges to 1 inch over pie pan, and seal, crimping edges with thumb and forefinger. Chill for 30 minutes.
• Remove pie from refrigerator. Brush crust with heavy cream, and sprinkle with sugar. Place on a baking sheet; this will catch any juices that may overflow during baking. Bake until pastry is golden and juices in center of pie are bubbling, 45 to 60 minutes. Cool for 1 hour before serving.

MCINTOSH APPLE TART

Steps:

• Crust: Mix flour and salt in a medium bowl.
• With a pastry blender, cut in margarine and shortening until you have coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle with water 1 tbsp at a time,mix with a fork until mixture holds its shape.
• Form into a ball;flatten out a little a bit.
• Wrap up tightly in plastic wrap and put in fridge for 1 hour or overnight.
• On a floured surfaced roll out pastry 1/8-inch thick into a 13-inch circle.
• Place pastry into an 11-inch tart pan with removable bottom; trim edges.
• Put in fridge while making the filling.
• Filling: Heat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, mix 1/2 cup sugar and the flour and cinnamon.
• Mix with the apples.
• Arrange apple slices in a circle overlapping a bit at the edge of the pie crust.
• Keep making circles with the apples until crust is all covered.
• Top with another apple layer.
• Bake tart 1 hour.
• Pour cream over tart and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup of sugar.
• Bake 10 minutes more or until crust is golden.
• Cool on rack.

APPLE PIE

Steps:

• To make the pie:
• Preheat the oven to 450°F. Roll out half the dough 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured surface, fit it into a 9-inch (1-quart) glass pie plate, and trim the edge, leaving a 3/4-inch overhang. Chill the shell and the remaining dough while making the filling. In a large bowl toss together the apples, each peeled, cored, and cut into eighths, 3/4 cup of the sugar, the flour, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, the salt, and the lemon juice until the mixture is combined well, transfer the filling to the shell, and dot it with the butter.
• Roll out the remaining dough into a 13- by 14-inch round on a lightly floured surface, drape it over the filling, and trim it, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Fold the overhang under the bottom crust, pressing the edge to seal it, and crimp the edge decoratively. Brush the crust lightly with the milk, cut slits in it with a sharp knife, forming steam vents, and sprinkle the pie evenly with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Bake the pie on a large baking sheet in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes, reduce the temperature to 350°F., and bake the pie for 20 to 25 minutes more, or until the crust is golden and the apples are tender.
• To make pâte brisée:
• In a large bowl blend the flour, the butter, the vegetable shortening, and the salt until the mixture resembles meal. Add the 2 tablespoons ice water, toss the mixture until the water is incorporated, adding the additional ice water if necessary to form a dough, and form the dough into a ball. Dust the dough with flour and chill it, wrapped in wax paper, for 1 hour.

AUNT CAROL'S APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel and slice apples. Toss with sugars, cinnamon and flour. Set aside.
• Roll crust to make slightly larger to fit 10-inch glass pie pan. Fit bottom crust in pie pan. Turn in apple mixture and dot with butter. Put crust on top and crimp edges of crust together.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Wet hands with water and dampen top of pie. Sprinkle with additional sugar. Puncture top of pie with fork so the steam can escape.
• Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking for about 45 minutes more, until crust is golden brown. It's a good practice to place a piece of aluminum foil slightly larger than the pie under the pie plate to catch overflows. Serve warm.

SWEDISH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Fill pie pan 3/4 full with apples.
• Mix 1/4 cup sugar and 3 tsp cinnamon.
• Sprinkle over apples.
• In saucepan, melt butter and remove from heat.
• Add remaining ingredients (including the 1 cup of sugar remaining).
• Pour evenly over the apples in pan.
• Bake 45 minutes.