Community Pick
Illinois Apple Pie

photo by Dine Dish





- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
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Crust
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Crisco shortening
- 1⁄2 cup ice water
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 1⁄4 cup sugar, white
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Apple Filling
- 6 cups tart apples, peeled & sliced
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon butter
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- For crust,combine flour and salt in mixing bowl.
- Cut in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knifes until mixture is uniform.
- Add water; toss lightly with a fork until dough forms a ball.
- Divide dough into 2 parts.
- On lightly floured surface,roll bottom crust into circle 1/8" thick and about 1 1/2" larger than inverted 9" pie plate.
- Gently, ease dough into pie plate,being careful not to stretch dough.
- Trim edge even with pie plate.
- For apple filling:Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl.
- Stir until mixed well.
- Spoon into unbaked pie shell.
- Use remaining half of dough to roll top crust,as instructed for bottom crust.
- Lift onto filled pie.
- Trim 1/2" beyond edge of pie plate.
- Fold top edge under bottom crust;flute as desired.
- Cut slits or design in top crust to allow steam to escape.
- Brush top crust with milk;sprinkle with white sugar.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350 degrees; bake an additional 25 to 30 minutes or until crust in golden brown.
- Cool and serve .
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Reviews
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Like other reviewers, I had a problem with too much liquid in the pie, which led to a soggy bottom crust, even though I added flour and an extra apple to the mix. The crust recipe did roll out easily and was pretty easy to work with, but it didn't really have much taste...maybe a mix of butter and shortening would result in a better flavor? Definitely a recipe that needs to be tweaked a bit.
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