It's THAT time of year and one of kiddo's favorite songs is Apple Pie (aka a song my Mom made up), so once the Fall weather hit, she was READY to make an apple pie! So this week we pulled the last of the apples we got on vacation last Fall in NC from the freezer (thank you once again to Christy over at Southern Plate for the EXCELLENT freezing instructions post- the apples were STILL yummy! Make sure you check out her recently released cookbook as well- the link is on the right sidebar!)
While we were on vacation, I bought an excellent apple cookbook, The Apple Cookbook by Olwen Woodier, while at Sky Top Orchards in Asheville,NC (highly recommend this book-excellent apple recipes for all year long)::
2. Unroll 1 piecrust onto a lightly floured surface. Pat or roll into a 10-inch circle. Place piecrust into pie pan and brush with the melted jam and chill.
3. Combine brown sugar, flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
4. Peel, core and slice apples into 1/4 inch slices, if not ready. Layer half of the apple slices in the piecrust and sprinkle with half of the sugar mixture. Take half of the butter, cut into small pieces and scatter on top. (Note: We probably added more like 2 tbsp of butter total!)
5.Add second layer or apples and sprinkle with rest of the sugar mixture, and then rest of the butter..
6. Roll out second piecrust (like in step 2). Place over apples, pleating as you go. Cut 3 steam vents in top crust.
7. Brush crust with milk; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.
8. Bake in the middle over, for 50 to 60 minutes. If the edges of the crust start to brown too quickly (they will!), cover the edges with aluminum foil.
9. Let cool 15 minutes before serving.
Yields 8 servings Note:
We used a combination of Rome and Pink Lady apples for our pie, as that was what we had left! If you want to know what apples to select for your apple recipe, check out the excellent Apple Cooking Guide from Land O' Lakes! As you can see, we didn't make the pie overflowing, as we only used what we had left. Normally I would have added at least 1 to 1 1/2 bags more apples!
Our completed pie! YES, that is RED granulated sugar on top- I couldn't find the jar of the normal sugar (aka CLEAR). Kiddo liked it-said it was apple in color.
YUMMY!!!!!!!! Hungry for apple pie yet?
While we were on vacation, I bought an excellent apple cookbook, The Apple Cookbook by Olwen Woodier, while at Sky Top Orchards in Asheville,NC (highly recommend this book-excellent apple recipes for all year long)::
Harvest Apple Pie
Ingredients
- 1package refrigerated piecrusts (2)
- 1/4 cp melted apricot jam or marmalade
- 1/2 cp firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tbsp butter
- 4 cups peeled, thinly sliced apples (3 large apples)
- 1 1/2 tsp milk
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
Preparation
1. Preheat over to 400 degrees, and grease a 9-10 inch pie pan.2. Unroll 1 piecrust onto a lightly floured surface. Pat or roll into a 10-inch circle. Place piecrust into pie pan and brush with the melted jam and chill.
3. Combine brown sugar, flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
4. Peel, core and slice apples into 1/4 inch slices, if not ready. Layer half of the apple slices in the piecrust and sprinkle with half of the sugar mixture. Take half of the butter, cut into small pieces and scatter on top. (Note: We probably added more like 2 tbsp of butter total!)
6. Roll out second piecrust (like in step 2). Place over apples, pleating as you go. Cut 3 steam vents in top crust.
7. Brush crust with milk; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.
9. Let cool 15 minutes before serving.
Yields 8 servings
We used a combination of Rome and Pink Lady apples for our pie, as that was what we had left! If you want to know what apples to select for your apple recipe, check out the excellent Apple Cooking Guide from Land O' Lakes! As you can see, we didn't make the pie overflowing, as we only used what we had left. Normally I would have added at least 1 to 1 1/2 bags more apples!
Our completed pie! YES, that is RED granulated sugar on top- I couldn't find the jar of the normal sugar (aka CLEAR). Kiddo liked it-said it was apple in color.
YUMMY!!!!!!!! Hungry for apple pie yet?
