Pink Adobe Apple Pie Recipes

PINK ADOBE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400° (you'll reduce to 350°F.).
• Mix flour, shortening, and salt together, until dough resembles course meal.
• Add water a little at a time until dough sticks together.
• Divide dough in half and roll out and line the bottom of a nine inch pie plate.
• Fill with apples and sprinkle with cinnamon, lemon juice, and nutmeg.
• Spread 1/2 cup sugar and raisins over apples.
• Mix brown sugar with flour and spread over whole mixture.
• Sprinkle with nuts and dot with melted butter.
• Sprinkle with 1/4 cup water.
• Roll out remaining dough and seal edges and flute.
• Brush with milk.
• Bake at 400° F.
• for 10 minutes, then reduce to 350° F.
• and bake for 30 more minutes.
• May cover edges with foil if they brown too quickly.
• While pie is baking prepare sauce: In a sauce pan melt butter and mix with water.
• Remove from heat and mix in sugr and brandy, may add more water if too thick.
• Serve sauce over pie.

PINK ADOBE FRENCH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Set oven rack in lowest position and preheat to 450°. Roll out half the pastry and use to line a 9-inch pi plate. Place apples in pastry shell, mounding them toward the center. Sprinkle with lemon juice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Spread 6 tablespoons of the granulated sugar and all of the raisins evenly over apples.
• In a separate bowl, mix brown sugar, flour, and butter until well blended and spread this mixture over the apples. Sprinkle with pecans, and add 3 tablespoons of the milk. Roll out remaining pastry and place on pie. Seal and flute the edges. Cut steam vents. Brush top crust with remaining milk, and sprinkle with remaining granulated sugar. Bake 10 minutes, and then reduce oven temperature to 350° and bake an additional 30 minutes until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly.
• Meanwhile make the hard sauce. In a medium bowl, cream butter until fluffy, add powdered sugar and boiling water, and beat until well blended. Beat in rum or brandy. Set aside.
• Cool pie briefly then cut in wedges. Serve on warmed pates topped with hard sauce. Let each slice stand a few minutes before serving so sauce has time to melt down into the filling.

OLD FASHIONED APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a bowl combine apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Place mixture in a pastry-lined 9 inch pie plate. Dot with butter and adjust top crust that has been vented.
• Place in oven and bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes. Turn oven temperature down to 275-300 degrees F (135-150 degrees C) and bake 40-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and apples are tender. Let cool and serve.

FLAKY DEEP-DISH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Note: if you are making a 9-inch pie you will need approximately 1/4 less ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large saute pan, melt the butter.
• Add the apples and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add the sugars, lemon juice and flour.
• Continue to saute for 2 minutes.
• Season the apples with nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt.
• Add pecans and Mix thoroughly and remove from the heat.
• Cool the mixture.
• Roll out each half of dough to 12 inches in diameter and about 1/8-inch thick.
• Fold one circle of dough in fourths.
• Carefully lift the dough and place in a 10-inch deep dish pie pan.
• Unfold the pie dough and spoon the apples into the pie shell.
• Place the second round of dough over the apples.
• Using a sharp knife, cut away the excess dough.
• Using your fingers, crimp the edges of the pie firmly to seal the dough completely.
• With the same sharp knife, make three slits, about 4 inches long and 2 inches apart, across the pie dough.
• Egg wash the top of the pie and sprinkle with sugar. Place the pie in the oven and bake for about 55 minutes or until crust is done and juices are bubbling.
• Serve warm or cold.