The secret to an interesting apple pie filling is revealed here. Flaky, buttery crust with an apple pie filling can never go wrong for any Holiday event and family dinner party. #dessert#holiday #baking
Ingredients
6-8 apples (about 3lbs) fuji, golden delicious, granny smith, pipping
1 tbsp lemon juice
2/3 cup sugar
3 tbsp all purpose flour for thickening
¼ tsp ground allspice
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp brandy
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 tbsp full cream
Directions
Prepare pie crust
peel, core and slice apples into ¼ -inch to ½ inch slices; add them to a large bowl, sprinkle and toss lemon juice to keep them from turning brown
combine sugar, flour and spices in Ventray Stand Mixer bowl, blend over medium low speed until mixture well combined
add apples slices, use your hands to coat all apple slices with flour mixture
sprinkle brandy and vanilla extract and stir
add apples slices to the bottom of the pie crust arrange in the dough-lined pie plate; fill up the centre, then use the second piece of the pie dough to cover the top
trim excess dough off the sides of the pie
brush on egg wash before baking and during half way through baking
Oven Directions
Preheat Oven to 375F, place one oven rack at the lowest position, place a baking tray with baking sheet to catch any pie dripping
Baking pie for about 15 minutes
Reduce heat to 350F and continue to bake for another 45 minutes to an hour
Tips
make sure you avoid red-delicious, they don’t bake well as apple pie fillings.
mixing a variety of apples for the pie filling is the secret trick for having a interesting pie filling.
