Best French Apple Pie Dessert Recipe You'll Just Love
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Keyword Apple Pie
Ingredients
****** INGREDIENTS FOR PIE ******
1 ½cAll-Purpose Flour
½tsSalt
½cShortening
5tbICE Water
8cApples [peeled & sliced]
¼cGranulated Sugar
2tbAll-Purpose Flour
½tsNutmegGround
2tbLemon Juice
1tsCinnamonGround
****** INGREDIENTS FOR TOPPING ******
½cAll-Purpose Flour
½cGranulated Sugar
⅓cButter
1largePaper 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.