I have a basket full of Michigan apples just waiting to be turned into Nelson's favorite dessert: Apple Pie. Now I have made what Nelson terms my pieitos (pronounced pie-eat-toes), which is apple pie with a healthy twist and whole wheat crust. Pieitos he likes but Apple Pie he loves. And so tonight he gets the real thing! I think this might be a nice surprise after a long day! And he simply deserves the best of the best. I am going to use Verna's recipe which turns out great everytime.
9 inch pie filling
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Dash salt
6-7 cups thinly sliced pared tart apples
2 Tablespoons butter
Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare pastry crust (below). Stir together first 5 ingredients. Mix into apples. Pour into pan (already lined with crust of course). Top with butter pieces and top crust. Pinch and bake 40-50 minutes or until crust is browned.
Crust Recipe for 9 inch pie, double crust
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
3-4 Tablespoons ice water
Mix with pastry blender. This works really well. Roll into a ball and refrigerate 1 or 2 hours.
Pieitos recipe coming soon....
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