Thursday, February 21, 2013

Diary and Egg Free Apple Pie

This is my hubby's favorite dessert and I can even make it dairy and egg free so my kids can eat it!
 

Dairy and Egg Apple Pie
 
Ingredients
  • 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie (Recipe Below)
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter or dairy free margarine
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 cup water
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 6-8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, sugars, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.
  2. Place the bottom crust in your pan. In a large mixing bowl, toss the apples with the lemon juice and sugar mixture, reserving about a half cup.  Then, transfer the apple mixture into the pastry lined pie plate.
  3. Cover with a lattice work crust. (Easy How to http://annies-eats.net/2010/11/19/how-to-make-a-lattice-pie-crust/)  Gently pour or brush the reserved sugar and butter mixture over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
  4. Bake 15 minutes on the bottom rack of the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.   It helps to tent with foil when browned nicely to keep from over browning.
Pie Crust
 
Ingredients
 
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup ice cold water
 
Directions
  1. Mix shortening, flour, and salt together with a fork or a pastry blender until very crumbly. Add as much water as needed to hold together, and mix lightly with a fork.
  2. Roll gently on a floured pastry cloth to about an inch larger than pie plate. Fold carefully in half, lift to pie plate, and unfold. Press into pan. For a single-crust pie, trim with a small knife to about 1/2 inch beyond rim. Fold up, and pinch so edge of pie is raised from rim.
(Helps to put bowl and pastry blender in freezer ahead of time.  Everything needs to be COLD for a good crust!)

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