Ali's Favorite Apple Pie Recipe
- 5 large tart green apples
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 -4 tablespoons unbleached flour
- 12 teaspoon cinnamon
- 14 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 14 teaspoon nutmeg
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 2 12 cups unbleached flour
- 12 cup almond meal
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 12 lb butter
- 6 -10 tablespoons ice water, as needed
- First
- Peel, core, and slice apples into 1/2 inch slices.
- Soak apples in water and lemon juice.
- Let sit while you prepare crust.
- Making your Crust
- Combine the flour, almond meal, and salt in a bowl.
- Slice the butter into 1/2 inch slices with a knife, and add the butter, mixing with your hands until the mixture resembles course meal.
- Lightly work in enough water for the dough to cohere when brought together with hands.
- If dough is too sticky, simply add a little flour.
- Work the dough into a ball and leave in the fridge until chilled.
- Making your Filling
- Drain soaked apples and dry thoroughly.
- Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, salt, and vinegar into a large bowl, then add apples.
- Mix together until apples are well-coated.
- If mixture is too wet, simply drain liquid and add more flour.
- Making your Pie!
- When dough is chilled, cut in half and roll out that half into a circle with rolling pin.
- (I always use a rolling pin sleeve and a pastry cloth to keep the dough from sticking, but you can also sprinkle flour.)
- The circled crust should be about ⅛ inch thick, or wide enough to cover pie tin.
- After laying crust into pie tin, trim the excess and combine with other half of dough.
- Add the pie filling discarding the excess liquid.
- Then roll out the remainder of dough into a circle and cover the top of your pie.
- (I usually either cut a slit on the top of the pie for the heat to escape, or use a small cookie cutter.)
- Using your thumb or a fork, crimp the edge of the pie crust.
- Bake at 350 for about 15 minuets, checking every 5 min to ensure golden brown.
- Let cool and enjoy!
green apples, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, salt, vinegar, flour, almond meal, salt, butter, water
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/alis-favorite-apple-pie-recipe-263530 (may not work)