2006-10-13 05:09:22 · 78 answers · asked by alan h 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Apple Pie by Grandma Ople ***** 813 Ratings
"This was my grandmother's apple pie recipe. I have never seen another one quite like it. It will always be my favorite and has won me several first place prizes in local competitions. I hope it becomes one of your favorites as well!"
INGREDIENTS:
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.
Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work of crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.
2006-10-14 01:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Massiha 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well for a "perfect pie", you cannot use anything but a
home-made pie crust. The recipe in the Betty Crocker
Cookbook is the best. For the filling: use a Jonathan or
Winesap apple. Peel and grate around six apples (depending
upon the size). Cover with lots of sugar and stir. Add just
a bit of water and mix well (don't want it soupy). Have oven
heated to 425. Then pour mix into crust. Can cut up some butter slices over the top of mix and nutmeg (if desired). Put directly into
the oven - do not let it sit. Put strips of dough latice style over filling (or you can use the crumbly type
topping). Might put foil around crusts to keep it from getting
too dark. Bake 50 to 60 minutes. Delicious
2006-10-15 07:52:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best will have a flaky crust. You do not want to handle the dough alot. Cut up 6 apples any kind. place into the pie shell and dot butter or marg over the apples then some sugar depending on the natural sweetness of the apples.spice to taste. I like nutneg. cover with 2nd flaky crust. Make air vents on top ..crimp around the edges to join the 2 crusts. Bake at 350 for about an hour.
2006-10-15 16:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by carole 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All this talk about Apple Pie is making me really crave some right now. I don't know about the perfect pie but a little secret is covering the rim of your crust to prevent it from browning before the rest of the pie and uncover it several minutes before taking the pie out of the oven.
2006-10-15 08:15:25 · answer #4 · answered by Tanya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use a light pastry with wholemeal flour and make it with half butter and half lard, not all lard, or it'll be too fattening.
Stew a couple of pounds of bramley apples by boiling on the stove in a pan of water. Cut the apples into pieces first and mix in a bowl with a bit of golden syrup and a few spoons of proper brown sugar, not white sugar.
To complete the filling add some ground cinnamon and a good portion of sultanas or raisins, plus a dash of lemon juice.
Beat an egg and coat the pastry with it, place the filling in once it has cooled and put the top on the pie, brush more of the egg onto the pastry and add a couple of slices of apple on the top coated in brown sugar and syrup. Bake in the oven until pastry is golden brown and apple slices on top are browned.
Serve with cream or ice cream or better still in the winter with hot hearty custard.
Fantastic.
2006-10-13 05:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know a few tips:
First of all, make sure that you keep everything very cold when making the pie crust, freeze the bowl that you use for mixing, and the butter you cut into the crust and use ice water, when the dough gets warm is when problems arise.
Also, I have found that cutting the apples up and lightly sauteeing them with butter sugar and cinnamon for a few minutes before putting them in the crust cuts down on toughness. If your feeling adventurous, toss a little wine in, a Riesling or a Sauterne would be perfect. Make sure it is a "dessert wine".
Lastly, the taste is all in the apples you use, make sure they are firm, and tart, Granny Smith's are excellent for pies and crumbles...
2006-10-13 05:23:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
crust:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup lard
1/2 cup ice water
1/4 cup cider vinegar
Cut together flour, salt and lard (lard must be cold). In a separate cup mix together ice water and vinegar, sprinkle over flour mixture and blend in. When dough forms a ball turn on to floured board and knead a couple of times. Wrap in plastic and chill for an hour or so. Divide and roll into two rounds for bottom and top.
Filling:
5 large tart apples (such as Granny Smith or Pippin), peeled, cored, and sliced thin
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp grated lemon zest ( the yellow part of the peel)
1 tblsp lemon juice
1 tblsp butter
2 tblsps heavy cream
1 more tblsp sugar
Preheat oven at 425 degrees
Mix together the sugar (save the last tblsp for later), salt, cinnamon, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Toss this mixture with the apple slices. Pile apple mixture in pie pan lined with bottom crust. Dot with butter. Seal on top crust by pinching together all around. Poke a few holes in top. Bake for 10 minutes then reduce heat to 350 and continue baking for 30 to 35 minutes. Five minutes before pie is done baste top with the cream and sprinkle with the reserved tblsp of sugar. Serve warm with chunks of sharp Cheddar cheese or vanilla ice cream.
2006-10-14 21:03:01 · answer #7 · answered by cwriter2003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best part of the pie has to be the crust, so I will tell you my recipe. It's never failed me, works every time!
2/3 cup shortening
1 tsp. salt
2 cups flour (Do NOT use bleached flour, it will make you dough extremely dry)
6 Tbs. cold water
Mix shortening, flour, and salt. Cut up shortening into flour with a fork and mix until its crumbly. Add water a Tbs. at a time. When all water is added mix it with your hands until it forms a good ball. (One of the secrets to a great pie crust, is to not mix the dough to much, kneed as less as possible. If you mix it too much it will be tough, not flaky.) When formed split as evenly as you can into 2 balls. Roll onto a floured surface. Put into 9 inch pie pan.Pour in desired filling. Before you put the top on, put water on the edges of the crust in the pan. (This will prevent the pie filling from boiling out while baking.) Put the top on and press the edges down firmly to seal it. Flute edges. Cut slits in the top. Moisten top with milk, sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 425* for 15 min. Then reduce heat to 350* for 45 min.
They're some great recipes for apple pie fillings above, but no crust recipes, so here is you one. Good luck.
2006-10-14 06:46:03 · answer #8 · answered by upsadaisy22 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Add a dash of cinnamon. Sprinkle some tender love and care in it. A friend once told me that she would imagine the person's smile when she's cooking. She would put her whole heart into cooking for her love ones. That's what makes a perfect apple pie.
2006-10-15 14:59:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apple Pie Cheesecake With Warm Caramel Sauce:
Just like eating a caramel apple . . . gourmet style. Prep: 32 min., Cook: 1 hr., 15 min., Other: 8 hrs.
18 honey graham cracker sheets
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, melted
3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 large eggs
1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (21-ounce) can apple pie filling
1/2 cup raisins
Caramel Sauce
Process graham crackers, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a food processor until finely ground. Add butter; pulse 4 or 5 times or until blended. Press mixture into bottom and 1 inch up sides of a 10-inch springform pan; set aside.
Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Combine 1 cup sugar, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add to cream cheese, beating just until blended.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Add sour cream and vanilla, beating just until blended. Pour half of batter into prepared crust.
Combine apple pie filling and raisins in a medium bowl; spoon evenly over cheesecake layer. Pour remaining half of cheesecake batter over fruit layer.
Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until almost set. Remove from oven; run a knife around edge of pan, and release sides. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and chill 8 hours. Serve with warm Caramel Sauce. Store in refrigerator.
Yield: Makes 16 servings
2006-10-13 07:13:44 · answer #10 · answered by Girly♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋