If you have a sweet tooth (like me) you’re going to LOVE this French Apple Pie.
You can top it with vanilla ice cream, which is just delicious!
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Best French Apple Pie Dessert Recipe You'll Just Love
Ingredients
- ****** INGREDIENTS FOR PIE ******
- 1 ½ c All-Purpose Flour
- ½ ts Salt
- ½ c Shortening
- 5 tb ICE Water
- 8 c Apples [peeled & sliced]
- ¼ c Granulated Sugar
- 2 tb All-Purpose Flour
- ½ ts Nutmeg Ground
- 2 tb Lemon Juice
- 1 ts Cinnamon Ground
- ****** INGREDIENTS FOR TOPPING ******
- ½ c All-Purpose Flour
- ½ c Granulated Sugar
- ⅓ c Butter
- 1 large Paper Bag
- Serve with Vanilla Ice Cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR PIE
- Combine the first measure of flour, salt and shortening using a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, then stir in the water a little at a time, using a fork, and form the dough into a ball.
- Roll out the pastry dough on a lightly floured board. Roll to an 11" or 12" diameter and fit into a 9" pie pan fluting the edges.
- Combine the sugar, the second measure of flour, the cinnamon, the nutmeg and the lemon juice in a large bowl then toss the apple slices in the mixture and arrange them in the pie crust.
- TO MAKE THE TOPPING
- Combine the sugar and flour in a bowl and cut in the butter using a pastry cutter then sprinkle the topping over the apple filling.
- Place the pie in the LARGE paper bag and place the paper bag on a baking sheet and loosely fold the open end of the bag under. Bake until the apples are tender (50-60 minutes).
- Carefully remove the pie from the bag.*** CAUTION: WATCH OUT FOR THE STEAM COMING OUT OF THE BAG!
- Serve warm with generous portions of vanilla ice cream.