Thursday, September 8, 2011

Topless Apple Pie

I saw this recipe on a blog (half-bakedbaker.blogspot.com/2009/04/rusic-apple-tart.html) and decided "why not, I've got all the ingredients."  It wasn't too bad, I would suggest making it!  I will probably make it again too because it was so easy!!!
Ingredients:

Crust:
1 1/4 cups all flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
3 tablespoons (about) ice water

Filling:

3 Large apples, cut into thin slices (a firm tart apple works best)
6 tablespoons sugar
pinch of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted

Directions:
*Mix the flour, sugar, and salt together.

*Add butter.  Turn on your mixer for this one because its a pain in the butt with the butter being cold.  It took a long time for me to get it mixed.


*Add the water and mix it well.  If its really dry you you can add a little bit more water.


*Take the dough and put it into a ball (yes, all of the dough into one ball).

*Flatten the dough into a disk shape.


*Wrap the disk in saran wrap and put it into the fridge for one hour (at least).  I forgot about it and it was in there for about 3 hours.

*Pre-heat oven to 400*F.

*Mix your apples, 4 Tbsp sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a bowl.


*Put some flour on your counter, then put your dough disk onto the counter.

*Roll out your dough to about a 12 inch round piece.  Mine wasn't a perfect circle, so don't worry if yours isn't either!  Just try and get it as close as you can!

*Spray a baking sheet with baking spray.

*Transfer your dough onto the sheet (pain in the butt, I know, sorry).

*Mix 1 Tbsp sugar and 1 Tbsp flour in a small bowl.  Put this mixture onto the middle of your dough leaving a two inch border around the edge.


*Take your apples, and arrange them in 3-4 rows, leaving a two inch border all the way around the outside of the dough.

*Drizzle the melted butter over the apples.

*Fold the edges of the dough all the way up so that it covers the sides of the apples.


*Sprinkle a bit of sugar onto the side of the dough edge.

*Put "pie" into oven for 45 minutes.  It took me closer to one hour to cook but start checking that it doesn't burn about 45 minutes into the cooking.

*The pie is done once the apples are tender, and the crust is golden.




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