Spiced Apple Pie
- 1 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon mace
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, chilled, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening chilled, cut in small pieces
- 5 tablespoons water iced, about
- 3 pounds apples tart green, peeled, cut in 1/4 inch thick slices
- 1/2 cup sugar + 1 tsp
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, light packed
- 1/4 cup flour, all-purpose
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice fresh
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg ground
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest grated
- 1/4 teaspoon mace ground
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice ground
- 1 teaspoon milk
- For Crust: Combine flour, sugar, salt and mace in processor.
- Using on/off turns, cut in chilled butter and vegetable shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Gradually blend in enough water by tablespoonfuls to form moist clumps.
- Gather dough into ball.
- Divide dough into 2 pieces.
- Flatten each into disk.
- Wrap each in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour.
- (Can be prepared 3 days ahead.
- Keep refrigerated.
- Soften dough slightly at room temperature before rolling.)
- For Filling: Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 400~.
- In large bowl, toss apples with 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon nutmeg, lemon peel, mace, cloves and allspice.
- Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12 inch diameter round.
- Transfer to 9 inch diameter deep-dish glass pie plate.
- Trim dough overhang to 1/2 inch.
- Brush edge of crust lightly with water.
- Transfer apple mixture to crust, mounding in center.
- Roll out second dough disk to 12 inch diameter round.
- Place atop apples.
- Trim dough overhang to 1 inch; reserve scraps.
- Fold top crust edge under bottom crust edge, pressing to seal.
- Crimp edge decoratively.
- Reroll pastry scraps and cut out leaf shapes.
- Brush 1 side of each leaf with milk and arrange, milk side down, decoratively atop crust.
- Cut several slits in crust to allow steam to escape.
- Brush crust with milk; sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon sugar.
- Place pie on baking sheet.
- Bake until crust is golden brown and juices bubble, covering crust edges with aluminum foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 10 minutes.
- Transfer pie to rack and cool.
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Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/spiced-apple-pie-4896 (may not work)