Deluxe Apple Pie Recipes

SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE DELUXE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Press the pie crust into and up the sides of a 9 inch pie plate.
• In a medium bowl, stir together 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour, and salt. Mix in the sour cream, egg and vanilla until smooth. Add apples, and stir to coat. Scrape the mixture into the pie shell.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking for 30 minutes more.
• While the pie is baking, prepare the topping in a medium bowl. Stir together 1/3 cup of flour, 1/3 cup sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• After the 30 minute bake time has passed, cover the top of the pie with the crumb topping, and continue to bake for 15 minutes, or until topping is lightly browned and apples are tender. Allow the pie to cool, then refrigerate until chilled before serving.

DELUXE APPLE PIE FROM FIVE ROSES

Steps:

• Make pie crust according to recipe on carton. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Line bottom of oven with aluminium foil to catch drippings. Peel and slice apples into quarter inch strips. In a large bowl mix apples with brown and white sugars and cinnamon. Blend well. Roll out bottom crust and place in pie plate. Pierce crust for venting. Pour apple mixture into pie plate. Slice butter into pats and spread over apples. Pour Whipping cream over apples. Sprinkle lemon rind over apples. Roll out top crust and place over pie. Seal the edges. Brush whipping cream over pie crust and sprinkle with sugar. Make ring with aluminium foil and place over edge of crust. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Reduce to 350 degrees and bake for a further 45 minutes or until the filling starts to boil over edge of crust.

DELUXE APPLE TART

Steps:

• Prepare pastry:.
• In medium bowl with fingertips, quickly knead flour, butter, salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 2 tablespoons water until dough forms a ball, adding more water if necessary 1 teaspoon at a time.
• Pat pastry into bottom and up side of a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom; refrigerate.
• Peel, quarter, and core 3 apples and cut into even 1/8 inch slices to make about 3 cups.
• In a medium bowl, toss apple slices with lemon juice and 2 tablespoons sugar.
• Peel and core remaining apples; cut into chunks.
• In blender or food processor, combine 1/4 cup water with about 1/3 of the apple chunks.
• Cover and process at high speed until apples are pureed.
• Add remaining apple chunks, a third at a time; blend until smooth.
• Spoon into a 3 quart saucepan; stir in 1/3 cup apricot preserves and 2 tablespoons sugar.
• Over high heat, heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat to medium-high; cook, uncovered, about 20 minutes or until very thick. There should be about 1 1/2 cups applesauce.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Spread applesauce evenly over pastry.
• Arrange reserved apple slices, closely overlapping, to form concentric circles around pie.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until apples slices are tender and lightly browned.
• Remove pie to wire rack.
• Strain remaining apricot preserves through a sieve into a small saucepan.
• Over medium-high heat, heat to boiling.
• Continue cooking about 2 minutes longer or until mixture is thick enough to coat a spoon.
• Brush mixture evenly over top of tart.
• Cool tart in pan on rack.
• Remove outer ring of tart pan before serving.

APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Pare apples and slice thin. Combine sugar, flour and spices, mix with apples. Line the pie plate with pastry. Sprinkle a few corn flakes on the bottom of the crust-this keeps the crust from getting soggy. Fill with the apple mixture and dot with 2 tablespoons of butter. Cover with top crust and sprinkle with sugar for better browning. Bake in a 400° oven for 50 minutes.

DELIGHTFUL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Unroll pastry into a 9-in. pie plate; flute edges. In a large bowl, toss apples with apple butter. Combine the flour, sugar, pie spice and cinnamon; add to apple mixture and toss to coat. Transfer to crust., In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, brown sugar, pie spice and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add walnuts; sprinkle over filling., Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is browned. Cover edges with foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary. Cool on a wire rack. Serve with ice cream if desired.