Country Apple Dessert
- for the pastry dough
- 1 12 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 12 teaspoons sugar
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 12 cup butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
- 13 cup ice water
- 4 golden delicious apples
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 12 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces
- To prepare the pastry, In a food processor all pastry ingredients except water and process for 5 seconds.
- Sprinkle the ice water over the flour mixture and process until the pastry just begins to come together, about 10 seconds.
- You should be able to see small pieces of butter in it.
- Transfer the pastry to a work surface, gather it together, and pat into a disk.
- Wrap the pastry in plastic or wax paper and refrigerate until chilled.
- FOR THE TOPPING.
- Peel, halve, and core the apples, and slice them crosswise 1/4 inch thick.
- Set aside the larger center slices, and coarsely chop the end slices, and any broken ones.
- about half of the slices should be chopped.
- In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the pastry to a 12x14 inch rectangle.
- Spread chopped apples over the pastry to with in 1 inch of the edge.
- Drizzle the honey over the chopped apples.
- Decoratively arrange the apple slices on top in circles, or in slightly overlapping rows.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the apples and dot with pieces of butter.
- Fold the pastry edge up and over the apples to create a 1-inch border.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until the pastry is browned, and crisp, and all the apples are tender.
- Transfer the pan to a rack, and let cool.
- Serve warm, or at room temperature.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/country-apple-dessert-463913 (may not work)