Oh La La French Apple Pie Recipes

OH LA LA ... FRENCH... APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Line 9" pie pan with crust, cover and refrigerate.
• In a small saucepan, combine 1/3 cup sugar and flour, mix well.
• Stir in milk and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens (1-2 minutes).
• In seperate bowl beat three egg yolks.
• Beat 1/4 cup of hot sugar mixture into the egg yolks.
• Pour the egg yolk mixture into the sugar-flour mixture, stirring to combine well.
• Add 1 tbsp butter and vanilla.
• Pour mixture into a bowl to cool.
• Core, peel and slice the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice.
• In a large frying pan heat 2 tbsps butter, 2 tbsps sugar, and nutmeg, add the apples and saute.
• Cook till almost tender (5 min).
• Remove from heat.
• Heat the apricot preserves in a small saucepan until melted.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Pour the custard into the pie shell.
• Arrange apple slices overtop of custard.
• Spread the melted apricot preserves on top of apple slices.
• Roll out remaining dough to form a 10" round.
• Cut the dough into 12 (1/2" wide) strips.
• Moisten the rim of pie shell with cold water.
• Arrange six dough strips across the pie filling, press the ends of the strips to the rim of the pie shell and trim.
• Arrange remaining strips at right angles to the first strips to form a lattice.
• Trim and crimp the edge decoratively.
• Mix egg yolk and 1 tbsp water together, brush on lattice to make crust glisten.
• (do not brush egg yolk on edge) Bake at 425 degrees for 40 minutes.

AMELIA'S FRENCH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• PIE.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine all dry ingredients.
• Mix dry ingredients with apples and raisins.
• Pour into bottom crust.
• Sprinkle with orange juice.
• Dot with butter.
• Add top crust.
• Flute edges & cut steam vents.
• Bake about 40 minutes or until crust is browned.
• Cool before frosting.
• FROSTING.
• Mix sugar and butter.
• Add milk a tsp at a time until spreading consistency.

FRENCH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Place one crust in a 9 inch pie pan.
• Mix apple slices and raisins and place in pie shell.
• Sprinkle with lemon juice.
• Mix remaining ingredients (not Icing) and sprinkle on top of apples and raisins.
• Dot with butter if desired and place 2nd crust on top.
• Crimp or flute edges as desired.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 degrees and Bake 40 more minutes.
• When pie is cool, mix the icing and drizzle over the crust.

FRENCH CANADIAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• Place one crust into a pie pan.
• Sift the brown sugar and the flour together.
• Peel and core the apples, and cut into thin slices.
• Mix the apples and the raisins with the brown sugar/flour and pour into the pie crust, being sure to distribute the apples and raisins evenly within the crust.
• Dot the butter evenly over the apples and sprinkle with the cinnamon.
• Sprinkle the almonds evenly on top.
• Top with the second pie crust, folding the edge under the bottom crust edge.
• Flute and seal the edges.
• Make 3 or 4 small slits in the top crust to allow the steam to escape.
• Bske at 450 degrees for 15 minutes then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 40 to 45 minutes more until golden brown.

FRENCH APPLE PIE WITH STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Prepare crust: mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk oil and milk together in a separate bowl, then add to the dry mixture. Mix to combine and press into a 10-inch pie plate.
• Prepare filling: mix apples, sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Place on top of the unbaked crust.
• Prepare topping: Mix flour, brown sugar, and butter in a bowl with a fork until crumbles are formed. Sprinkle on top of apple filling
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is bubbly and topping is golden brown, about 1 hour.