American Kitchen Classic Apple Pie
- 2 12 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
- 8 tablespoons vegetable shortening (chilled)
- 8 tablespoons ice water
- 4 lbs cooking apples (see description)
- 34 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 12 tablespoons lemon juice
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 14 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 14 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 18 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 egg white, beaten lightly
- In a food processor fitted with the steel blade, mix the flour, salt, and sugar.
- Add butter and mix in five 1-second bursts.
- Add shortening and continue mixing until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal, four or five more 1-second pulses.
- Turn mixture into medium bowl.
- To do this by hand, freeze the butter and shortening, grate it into the flour using the large holes of a box grater, and rub the flour-coated pieces between your fingers for a minute until the flour turns pale yellow and coarse.
- Sprinkle 6 tablespoons ice water over mixture.
- Press mixture together with broad side of rubber spatula, adding up to 2 tablespoons more ice water if dough will not hold together.
- Squeeze dough gently until cohesive and divide into two equal balls.
- Flatten each into a disk a little larger than the length of your hand.
- Dust lightly with flour, wrap separately in plastic, and refrigerate 60 minutes or up to 2 days before rolling.
- When ready to make, remove dough from refrigerator.
- If stiff and very cold, let stand until dough is cool but malleable.
- Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 425F.
- Roll one dough disk on a lightly floured surface into a 12 inch circle.
- Fold dough in quarters, then place dough point in center of 9 inch Pyrex regular or deep dish pie pan.
- Unfold dough.
- Gently press dough into sides of pan leaving portion that overhangs lip of pie plate in place.
- Refrigerate while preparing fruit.
- Peel, core, and cut apples into 1/2 to 3/4 inch slices and toss with 3/4 cup sugar and lemon juice and zest through allspice.
- Turn fruit mixture, including juices, into chilled pie shell and mound slightly in center.
- Roll out other dough round and place over filling.
- Trim top and bottom edges to 1/2 inch beyond pan lip.
- Tuck this rim of dough underneath itself so that folded edge is flush with pan lip.
- Flute edging or press with fork tines to seal.
- Cut four slits at right angles on dough top.
- Brush egg white onto top of crust and sprinkle evenly with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
- Bake until top crust is golden, about 25 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees; continue baking until juices bubble and crust is deep golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes longer.
- Transfer pie to wire rack; cool to almost room temperature, at least 4 hours.
flour, salt, sugar, unsalted butter, vegetable shortening, water, cooking apples, sugar, sugar, lemon juice, salt, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, egg
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/american-kitchen-classic-apple-pie-458699 (may not work)