Best 2 Homemade Apple Pie Recipes

HOMEMADE APPLE-PEAR PIE WITH STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 375°
• 2. FOR THE CRUST: BLEND flour and salt in medium mixing bowl. CUT chilled shortening into 1/2-inch cubes. Cut in chilled shortening cubes into flour mixture, using a pastry blender, in an up and down chopping motion, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some small pea-sized pieces remaining. SPRINKLE half the maximum recommended amount of ice cold water over the flour mixture. Using a fork, stir and draw flour from bottom of bowl to the top, distributing moisture evenly into flour. Press chunks down to bottom of bowl with fork. Add more water by the tablespoon, until dough is moist enough to hold together when pressed together. ROLL dough from center outward with steady pressure on a lightly floured work surface (or between two sheets of wax or parchment paper) into a circle 2-inches wider than pie plate for the bottom crust. Transfer dough to a pie plate coated with cooking spray by loosely rolling around rolling pin. Center the rolling pin over the pie plate, and then unroll, easing dough into pie plate. Trim edges of dough leaving a 3/4-inch overhang. Fold edge under. Flute dough as desired. Set aside in the refrigerator while making pie filling.
• 3. FOR THE PIE FILLING: combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Add lemon juice, apples and pears to the flour mixture. Toss gently to coat. Arrange pear-apple mixture in an even layer in prepared crust.
• 4. FOR THE STREUSEL TOPPING: combine flour and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Add cold butter and cut in with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle evenly over pear-apple mixture. Bake for 1 hour or until lightly brown. Topping will be crunchy. Let cool for an hour before serving.

THE BEST HOMEMADE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• First Make The Crust.
• Start off by mixing 2 1/2 Cups of AP Flour, with 2 Tablespoons of Sugar, and 1/2 Teaspoon of Salt.
• Then, using a Food Processor, or a Pastry Blender, (or even 2 knives). Add 2 Sticks of cubed COLD Butter (The cold butter is used for flakiness).
• Combine until mixture looks like Course Crumbs.
• Add Ice Cold Water, 1 Tablespoon at a time. Until when squeezed between your hands it forms into dough.
• Form Dough into 2 Balls. Wrap separately in plastic wrap, and Refridgerate for One Hour.
• While Dough is Refridgerating, Peel, Core and Thinly Slice Apples, and place in bowl. Add Lemon Juice.
• Add all the sugar, spices, and applesauce, and mix well.
• Cover with Plastic Wrap, and Refrigerate until the Pie Crust is done.
• Take Both out of the Fridge, and let sit on counter for 5-10 minutes.
• Roll One Ball of Dough Out. (Roll at least two inches bigger than your pie dish is.).
• Place in a buttered, and floured pie dish.
• Add Apples, but reserve the liquid at the bottom. Pour a Tablespoon of the Liquid on top of the apples. And Discard the rest of the liquid.
• Design Top Crust However You Want. (Lattuce Top or Top Crust, with an X on top, to vent.).
• Sprinkle 1 Tablespoon of Sugar on top.
• Put Pie in a Preheated 425 Degree Oven for 15 Minutes.
• Reduce the Heat to 350 Degrees and Bake for 42-48 minutes.
• Take Out of Oven and Let Cool For 15 Minutes.
• Enjoy!