Molasses Apple Pie Recipes

CANADIAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a pie dish with 1 crust.
• Whisk together cornstarch, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl. Stir apples, maple syrup and whole egg into cornstarch mixture.
• Pour apple mixture into the prepared crust. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape. Whisk together egg yolk and water in a small bowl; brush over the pie. Cover pie loosely with aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Remove foil; continue baking until crust is golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

MOLASSES-SPICE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and ginger in a bowl.
• Add apples and toss to coat.
• Add molasses and toss.
• Smooth one of the crusts into a 9-inch pie plate.
• Spoon apple mixture into the crust.
• Dot with butter.
• Place second crust on top, cut vents, and crimp the edges together.
• Place the pie on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 375°F.
• Bake 60 minutes more or until the apples are tender and the filing is bubbly. (If the crust is browning too quickly, cover the top loosely with foil.).
• Cool pie on a wire rack for 1 hour.

MOLASSES APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Mix the molasses, water, lemon juice and salt in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add the sliced apples and simmer until the apples are tender.
• remove the apples from the syrup.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan, and blend in the flour.
• Pour this into the hot syrup and simmer, stirring constantly until the syrup is smooth and thick.
• Fold the apples into the syrup.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Make Pastry for 2 crust 9 inch pie by mixing shortening, salt, and flour with a fork until crumbly.
• Add 5 tablespoons water and mix well, adding more water if too dry.
• Form into a ball.
• Roll out half of it and line the pie pan, letting it hang over the edge about 1 inch.
• Fold the extra pastry over toward the middle and flute the edges with your fingers for a built up rim.
• Roll out the rest of the pastry, and cut into narrow strips for a lattice top.
• Spoon the apple syrup mixture into the pastry lined pan.
• Arrange 7 or 8 strips over the top.
• trim the ends, moisten, and press into the rim.
• Lay more strips over them.
• leaving a diamond shaped spaces, and trimming, moistening and pressing into the edge like the first ones.
• Bake the pie at 425 degrees for 30 minutes.

TAMARA'S JAMAICAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line the bottom of a deep-dish pie plate with 1 pie crust.
• Combine apples, brown sugar, molasses, corn syrup, cornstarch, rum extract, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl. Mix well and pour over the crust. Cover with top crust. Cut slits into the dough and crimp the edges. Wrap bottom and sides of the pie plate in aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Cool for 15 to 20 minutes and serve with caramel syrup drizzled on top.

MOM-MOM BESSIE'S COCONUT MOLASSES PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. Stir in coconut. Pour into crust; cover edge loosely with foil. Bake until center is set, 45-55 minutes. Remove foil; cool on a wire rack. If desired, serve with whipped cream.