Blue-Ribbon Apple Pie
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 (14.1-ounce) package refrigerated pie dough
- Cooking spray
- 6 cups (1/4-inch-thick) slices Empire apple (2 pounds)
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon water
- Preheat oven to 425u0b0.
- Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl, stirring with a whisk. Set aside 1 tablespoon cinnamon-sugar in a small bowl. Add flour and salt to remaining cinnamon-sugar, stirring with a whisk.
- Fit one-half of dough into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray, allowing dough to extend 1/2 inch over edge of pie plate. Sprinkle 2 1/2 tablespoons flour mixture in bottom of prepared crust. Layer one-third of apple slices over flour mixture. Repeat procedure twice; sprinkle remaining flour mixture over apples. Fit remaining half of dough over filling. Press edges of dough together. Fold edges under; flute. Cut several slits in top of dough to allow steam to escape.
- Combine egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl. Brush egg mixture over dough; sprinkle with reserved cinnamon-sugar. Bake at 425u0b0 for 30 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden. Remove from oven; cool completely on a wire rack.
sugar, ground cinnamon, flour, kosher salt, cooking spray, empire apple, egg, water
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/blue-ribbon-apple-pie-0 (may not work)