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- From: Fritz.Knabe@ecrc.de (Fritz Knabe)
- Subject: The Best Apple Pie
- Message-ID: <KNABE.93Dec6090401@acrab44.ecrc.de>
- Organization: European Computer-Industry Research Centre
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1993 08:04:00 GMT
-
- Here is an apple pie to beat all apple pies. After tasting it for the
- first time at a friend's house five years ago, I knew I had found the
- apple pie of my dreams. I ordered a box of "Southern Sideboards"
- cookbooks, the source of the recipe, and passed them on to my
- friends. (It's a great cookbook for more than pie!) I have made this pie
- many times (most recently for Thanksgiving), and it always draws rave
- reviews.
-
- --Fritz Knabe
-
- The Best Apple Pie (from the Junior League of Jackson, Mississippi)
-
- Flaky Pastry Pie Crust
-
- 5 C flour
- 1 T brown sugar
- 1/4 t baking powder
- 1/2 T salt
- 2 C shortening
- 1 T vinegar
- 1 egg, beaten
- Water
-
- Mix dry ingredients together. Cut shortening into dry ingredients until
- mixture is the consistency of coarse meal. Combine vinegar and egg and
- add enough water to make one cup liquid. Add liquid to dry ingredients
- and mix until dough forms a ball. Avoid overmixing; once it sticks
- together, that's enough. Divide dough and pat out with hands into
- desired shape on floured sheet of wax paper (lots of flour!). Put
- another floured sheet on top (more flour!) and smooth with rolling
- pin. Transfer to pie dish using the wax paper. Yields five or six 9-inch
- crusts. Store unused dough (in rolled-out crusts or in balls) in
- freezer, tightly wrapped.
-
- Harvest Apple Pie
-
- Pastry for 2 crusts
- 6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into chunks. If your pie
- pan is deep enough, you might want to use more apples, as many
- as 9. If you don't use Granny Smith, make sure your apples are tart!
- 1 T cornstarch
- 1/2 t salt
- 3 T butter, melted
- 1 t ground cinnamon
- 3 T sugar
- 1/3 C light corn syrup
- 1/2 C light brown sugar
- 3 T light corn syrup
- 2 T flour
- 2 T butter, softened
-
- Fill pastry-lined pie pan with apples. I highly recommend using a 9- or
- 10-inch cast iron skillet or chicken fryer -- these make a great
- crust. Combine next 6 ingredients and pour over apples. Cover with top
- crust; a lattice works best as it allows plenty of steam to escape. If
- you don't know how to make a lattice, "Joy of Cooking" shows you
- how. Bake at 425 F for 30-45 minutes. Combine remaining ingredients and
- spread over crust. Return to oven for 10 minutes or until topping is
- bubbly.
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