Topless Apple Pie Recipes

TOPLESS APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel apples, and slice into wedges, 16 per apple. Put in a colander over a bowl and sprinkle with 1/2 of the sugar. Let drain for about two hours.
• Preheat oven to 400F.
• For the crust, combine flour and salt. Cut in shortening in two batches. Add ice water 1/2 Tbsp at a time until the dough comes together but is not wet. Chill 15 minutes to ease rolling out. Roll out in a cirlce (easiest between two layers of wax paper) and line a 9" pie dish. Cut edges.
• Put apples in a large bowl. Combine 2 Tbsp flour, cornstarch, remaining sugar, and cinnamon. Sift mixture oven apples and stir to combine. Add lemon zest, and then stir in lemon juice.
• Layer apples in a circular pattern in the pie dish, layer by later.
• Bake at 400F for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350F, lightly cover with foil, and bake an addition 50-60 minutes. Let pie cool completely before serving; this allows the pectins to set up and keeps the pie well-formed when cut and served.

TOPLESS APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Prepare Pastry:
• Stir together salt and flour in bowl. Add butter/shortening with blender until mixture is coarse. Add water one tbsp at a time, stirring in between. Shape the pastry into a disk, cover it with plastic wrap, and chill until firm (about 1 hr).
• After Chilled, roll pastry onto lightly floured surface with a rolling pin until it makes a circle about 11 inches wide. Transfer to a 9-in pie plate. Squash it down to make it fit, and trim and crimp the edges.
• Prepare Pie Filling:
• Combine sugars, flour, lemon rind, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Thoroughly toss the mixture with the apple slices, ensuring that all of the slices are well coated.
• Prepare Topping:.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and ginger in a small bowl. Cut in butter until the mixture is crumbly. Stir in walnuts.
• Prepare Pie:.
• Spread applesauce over bottom of the pie shell, then add the coated apple slices. They should make about three layers. Spoon the topping over the apples.
• Bake pie at 400 for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350, cover pie loosely with tin foil, and bake for another 45 to 55 minutes.

NAKED APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Beat egg.
• Add sugar and vanilla.
• Sift flour with salt and baking powder, into egg mixture.
• Stir in apples and nuts.
• Spread in a greased 9-inch pie plate.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

MISS HATTIE'S APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• Shred the apples into a large bowl. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Mix well and place in bottom crust. Dot the top with 3 tablespoons butter.
• On a cutting board, place rolled out (or packaged) pie crust. With a leaf or apple cookie cutter, cut shapes from the pie crust. Position the cutouts all over the top of the pie, leaving small spaces between cutouts for the vent holes.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove pie from oven and brush with 3 tablespoons melted butter. Return to oven and bake an additional 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Place a piece of aluminum foil under the pan in case it boils over.