All-American Apple Pie
This classic American dessert bursts with apple flavor from two different varieties of the fruit, and a sweet, nutty crunch from the streusel topping.
Makes: 1 pie
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Recipe Created By: Farming Feeds Alabama Cookbook
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Recipe Created By: Farming Feeds Alabama Cookbook
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Ingredients
Cinnamon-Pecan Crust
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup pecans, finely ground
- ½ cup butter-flavor solid vegetable shortening
- 7-8 tablespoons ice water
Filling
- 2 large Rome Beauty apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Streusel
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup cold butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
- ½ cup walnuts, chopped
Instructions
- To make crust, whisk together the flour, salt, cinnamon and pecans in a large mixing bowl.
- Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and toss the mixture with a fork. Roll in a circle ¼-inch thick. Line a 10-inch deep-dish pie pan with dough; set aside.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- To make the filling, toss apples with sugar, flour and cinnamon in a large bowl.
- In a medium bowl, combine egg and cream until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Place apples in prepared crust. Gently pour cream mixture over apple mixture.
- Bake pie in the lower one-third of oven for 20 minutes.
- To make the streusel, combine sugar, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in the bowl of a food processor. Process until well combined. With processor running, add the cold butter one piece at a time and process until crumbly. Toss in walnuts.
- Remove pie from oven and shield crust with foil. Sprinkle prepared streusel over pie. Return to oven, and bake 45 minutes or until pie puffs.
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