Verlys Apple Pie Food

VERLYS' APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Lay one of the pie crusts into the bottom of a pie pan. Mix 1 1/8 teaspoon and 1 1/8 teaspoon white sugar together in a small bowl and sprinkle over the pastry.
• Mound the apple slices into the pastry. Mix 2/3 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and cinnamon together in a bowl; sprinkle over the apples. Dot the apples with chunks of butter. Top with remaining pie crust pastry.
• Run fingers moistened with water along edge of pie pastry in the pan. Top pie with remaining pie crust pastry and press the two pasties together along the seams to seal. Cut small slits into the top pastry for ventilation.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) and continue baking until crust is golden brown, about 45 minutes more.

APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line pie pan with bottom crust.
• Peel and slice apples.
• Put 1/2 of the apple slices in prepared pie pan.
• Sprinkle apple slices with 1/2 cup sugar, a little nutmeg and cinnamon.
• Add rest of apples and top with rest of sugar (1/2 cup), a little nutmeg cinnamon, flour and butter or margarine cut into small pieces.
• Sprinkle with lemon juice.
• Cover with top crust.
• Crimp edges together with fork.
• Sprinkle top with sugar and cut steam vents in top crust.
• Put pie on baking sheet in case of spill-overs.
• Bake for 1 hour at 350°F.

EASY AS APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Place bottom crust in pan. Add apples, sprinkle with sugar and nutmeg. Top with butter, place top crust over and vent with a few holes poked in pastry top. Bake 375 degrees for one hour.

ULTIMATE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Put a layer of paper towels on a large baking sheet. Quarter, core, peel and slice the apples about 5mm thick and lay evenly on the baking sheet. Put paper towels on top and set aside while you make and chill the pastry.
• For the pastry, beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until just mixed. Break in a whole egg and a yolk (keep the white for glazing later). Beat together for just under 1 min - it will look a bit like scrambled egg. Now work in the flour with a wooden spoon, a third at a time, until it's beginning to clump up, then finish gathering it together with your hands. Gently work the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film, and chill for 45 mins. Now mix the 140g/5oz sugar, the cinnamon and flour for the filling in a bowl that is large enough to take the apples later.
• After the pastry has chilled, heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Lightly beat the egg white with a fork. Cut off a third of the pastry and keep it wrapped while you roll out the rest, and use this to line a pie tin - 20-22cm round and 4cm deep - leaving a slight overhang. Roll the remaining third to a circle about 28cm in diameter. Pat the apples dry with kitchen paper, and tip them into the bowl with the cinnamon-sugar mix. Give a quick mix with your hands and immediately pile high into the pastry-lined tin.
• Brush a little water around the pastry rim and lay the pastry lid over the apples pressing the edges together to seal. Trim the edge with a sharp knife and make 5 little slashes on top of the lid for the steam to escape. (Can be frozen at this stage.) Brush it all with the egg white and sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake for 40-45 mins, until golden, then remove and let it sit for 5-10 mins. Sprinkle with more sugar and serve while still warm from the oven with softly whipped cream.

APPLE PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F degrees with oven rack in lowest position.
• Place Brown Sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the Granulated Sugar.
• Add Flour.
• Add Cinnamon.
• Add Nutmeg.
• Add Dash of Salt.
• Whisk dry ingredients together well. Set aside for now.
• Peel the apples. Place in cold water to prevent browning.
• Slice the apples into wedges, removing and discarding the center core.
• Place the slices back in the water as you go.
• When finished slicing, pour apples into a colander to drain while you prepare dough.
• Lightly butter the inside of your pie plate.
• Place one sheet of dough in pie plate and trim as needed.
• Add sliced apples to the dry ingredients.
• Toss apples until fully coated.
• Spread apples into the pie plate.
• Place second layer of pie dough on top of apples.
• Seal edges and decorate as desired.
• Brush milk over center of pie but not on the edges.
• Sprinkle top with one Tablespoon of sugar, but not on edges.
• Cut slits in top of dough to vent the pie as it bakes.
• Place pie on baking sheet, and place in preheated oven.
• IMMEDIATELY REDUCE heat to 350F degrees.
• Bake pie for 25 minutes until crust is lightly browned.
• Cover top lightly with aluminum foil to prevent over browning.
• Let pie bake another 25-35 minutes until bubbling hot and top is lightly browned.
• Remove to wire rack and let cool completely.
• Enjoy!