Best French Apple Pie Dessert Recipe You’ll Just Love

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

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: French

Keyword: Apple Pie

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.