Southern Living Granny Smith Apple Pie Recipes

SOUTHERN LIVING GRANNY SMITH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Unroll and stack 2 pie crusts; gently roll or press together.
• Fit pastry into a 9 inch deep-dish pie plate.
• Toss together apples and lemon juice in a large bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, and next 3 ingredients; sprinkle over apple mixture and toss to coat.
• Spoon into prepared pie crust.
• Unroll and place remaining pie crust over filling.
• Fold edges under, and crimp; cut slits in top for steam to escape. (I also cover the crimped edges of my crust with foil to prevent burning).
• Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees, and bake for 30-35 minutes.

GRANNY SMITH APPLE PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare the crust: Pulse first 5 ingredients in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse meal, 5 to 6 times. While pulsing, gradually add ice-cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, pulsing just until dough begins to come together. Divide dough in half; shape into 2 flat disks. Wrap each in plastic wrap; chill 2 hours or up to 2 days.
• Prepare the filling: Preheat oven to 375°F. Toss together apples, granulated sugar, and 2 tablespoons of the flour in a bowl until well coated. Divide apples between 2 large parchment paper-lined rimmed baking sheets. Bake until just tender, about 30 minutes, rotating baking sheets between top and bottom racks halfway through baking time. Cool 30 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Fold in brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and remaining 2 tablespoons flour until combined. Chill 1 hour.
• Assemble pie: Unwrap 1 dough disk. Roll out on a lightly floured surface into a ¼- to ⅛-inch thickness. Fit into a lightly greased (with cooking spray) 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Repeat rolling procedure with remaining disk. Cut 6 (1 ¼-inch-wide) strips, and set aside. Cut 3 (¾-inch-wide) strips from remaining dough. Braid thinner strips.
• Spoon filling into prepared pie plate, smoothing to form an even surface; dot with butter. Arrange 1 ¼-inch-wide dough strips and the braid in a lattice design over filling. Trim excess dough from edges; fold dough under to create a clean edge. Chill pie 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water until well blended. Brush entire pie with egg wash. Bake on lowest oven rack until crust is golden and filling is bubbly, 1 hour to 1 hour and 20 minutes, shielding pie with aluminum foil after 50 minutes, if needed. Cool on a wire rack 2 hours before serving.

GRANNY SMITH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°; line a 9-inch pie plate with 1 rolled-out crust.
• Put the apples in a large bowl, add the lemon juice, and toss to coat.
• Separately, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg, mix thoroughly, then add to the apples.
• Gently stir until the apples are thoroughly coated, then spoon the mixture evenly into the crust.
• Dot the top with the butter.
• Brush the rim of the crust with water, cover with the second rolled-out crust, seal and flute or crimp the edges, and cut a few steam vents in the top.
• Make the glaze-mix the warm milk with the sugar.
• Brush the glaze over the top crust.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 350° and bake another 30-40 minutes, until the crust is golden brown and the fruit is tender.
• Check the pie about halfway through the baking time, and place pie crust shield over pie crust edges (if getting too brown).
• Cool on a wire rack for 1-2 hours before slicing.
• Serve at room temperature or slightly warm.

DEEP DISH GRANNY SMITH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Peel, core, and halve apples. Cut into 1/2-inch slices, then slice into 1/2-inch cubes. Combine sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl; add apples and toss to coat evenly. Add flour and toss again to distribute.
• Pour apple mixture into 1 pie crust. Roll out 2nd pie crust, top pie, and pinch crust edges together.
• Place pie on baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes.

PERFECT GRANNY SMITH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Making the Crust:.
• Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut in cold butter/shortening with flour salt mixture until it starts balling up to the size of a pea or smaller.
• Knead the cold water into the flour mixture by spoonful until the bowl starts to clean itself or the dough start to feel slightly wet (make sure not to over knead!). Pack your dough carefully into a ball and put into a zip-lock bag and refrigerate it for at least 30 minute.
• Making the Filling (Preheat the oven to 450 F).
• Split the dough into halves, flour a flat surface, roll out into circle until 1/4 inch thick, and put into the pie pan. Place the pie pan back into the fridge along with the.
• Combine sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cornstarch in a small bowl. Peel, core, and slice Granny Smith's to desired thickness (prefer 1/4 inch) and place inside large bowl. Add lemon zest and sugar mixture to the apples until evenly distributed.
• Place apples into into pie crust one layer at a time. In between layers add drops of softened butter, about 5 small drops on each layer. Once apples are all in, add the extra juice from the bottom of the bowl.
• Roll out your top crust on a floured surface, Place your top crust on the pie (if not lattice, make sure to cut about 3 finger length slits in the top for the steam to escape).
• Beat 1 egg and brush over the pie crust. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture to the crust until completely covered.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 450 F (put a cookie sheet a rack beneath your pie in case it dribbles over).Turn oven down to 350 F and bake for 50 minutes.
• Take it out and set on cooling rack. Let it cool completely and then enjoy!