Red Inn Apple Pie Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S EASY APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Stir in white sugar, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and water. Bring the syrup to a boil, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar, then remove from heat.
• Unroll pie crusts, press one into a 9-inch pie dish, and place the apples into the crust. Unroll the second crust on a work surface, and cut into about 8 1-inch wide strips. Criss-cross the strips over the apples, or weave into a lattice crust. Crimp the bottom crust over the lattice strips with your fingers. Spoon caramel sauce over pie, covering lattice portion of top crust; let remaining sauce drizzle through the crust.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake until the crust is golden brown, the caramel on the top crust is set, and the apple filling is bubbling, 35 to 40 more minutes. Allow to cool completely before slicing.

RED LION INN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Grease 10-inch pie plate. Roll puff pastry dough 1/8 inch thick and fit into plate, cutting off excess with knife. Arrange apples over pastry.
• Place rack in middle of oven and preheat to 400*F.
• Combine water and sugar in small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves, then boil 10 minutes without stirring.
• Add dissolved cornstarch and stir constantly until thickened. Set aside for 15 minutes then stir in lemon juice and vanilla.
• Pour over apples.
• Thoroughly combine crumbs, butter, raisins and almonds. Mix in remaining ingredients and sprinkle evenly over apples.
• Bake 15 minutes; cover with foil and bake 30 minutes longer. Serve warm.

RED INN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Butter a 10-inch pie plate. Sprinkle the sliced apples with cinnamon and nutmeg and mix together. Place the apples in the pie plate. Beat together the ingredients for the custard and pour it over the apples. Mix together the ingredients for the crumble and cut in the butter. Sprinkle this over the apples and press down lightly. Bake in a preheated oven at 325° for 1 hour. Serve with whipped cream.

RED CINNAMON APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Sift flour with salt into mixing bowl; add almonds.
• Cut in shortening. Blend egg and water; sprinkle over flour mixture while stirring with fork until dough is just moist enough to hold together.
• Divide in half; form into balls. Flatten to about 1/2-in. thickness; smooth edges. Roll out one portion on floured surface to a circle 1-1/2 larger than inverted 9-inch pie pan. Fit loosely into pan.
• Cinna-Apple Filling: Combine sugar, pineapple juice and cinnamon candies. Bring to a boil, for 5 minutes.
• Prepare apples; coat with flour. Add sugar syrup; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Pour into pastry-lined pan.
• Roll out remaining dough. Cut into strips 3/4 inches wide and crisscross over filling to form lattice over top.
• Trim and seal ends. Fold bottom crust over to cover; flute.
• Brush strips with reserved egg white, slightly beaten. Sprinkle with mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
• Bake in hot oven 425 degrees 10 minutes, then at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes until crust is golden brown.
• Makes 1 9-inch pie.

APPLE RED-HOT SLAB PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide dough into 2 portions so that 1 portion is slightly larger than the other. Shape each into a rectangle; cover and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., Preheat oven to 375°. For filling, in a large bowl, mix sugar, flour and salt. Add apples and Red Hots; toss to coat., On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger portion of dough into an 18x13-in. rectangle. Transfer to an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of pan. Add filling; dot with butter., Roll out remaining dough; place over filling. Fold bottom crust over edge of top crust; seal and flute or press with a fork to seal. Prick top with a fork., Bake 50-55 minutes or until golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Serve warm. If desired, top with ice cream.

RED INN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Butter a 10-inch pie plate. Sprinkle the sliced apples with cinnamon and nutmeg, and mix together. Place the apples in the pie plate. For Custard: Beat together the ingredients for the Custard, and pour it over the apples. For Crumble: Mix together the ingredients for the Crumble, and cut in the butter. Sprinkle this over the apples, and press down lightly. Bake in a preheated oven at 325° for 1 hour. Serve with whipped cream. Refrigerate pies containing eggs (pumpkin, custard, cream pies); however, they don't freeze well. Fruit pies can be kept at room temperature or stored in frig, loosely covered, for two days. You can freeze a baked fruit pie up to four months. Freeze uncovered till frozen, then wrap tightly and return to freezer. To serve a double-crusted fruit pie, unwrap and thaw at room temperature one hour; heat pie at 375° on the lowest oven rack 35-40 minutes.