Blue Ribbon Apple Pie Recipes

WINNING APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• In large bowl stir together flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg from crust ingredients.
• Cut in butter and shortening until crumbly.
• With fork mix in water until flour is moist.
• Divide dough in half; shape into 2 balls and flatten.
• Wrap 1 ball in plastic wrap and put in fridge.
• On a floured surface roll other ball into a 12" circle.
• Place in a 9" pie pan.
• Trim pastry to 1/2" from rim of pan; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine filling ingredients EXCEPT apples, 1 tbsp butter, 1 tsp sugar,& whipping cream.
• Add apples; toss to coat.
• Spoon into crust.
• Roll other ball into 12" circle; cut 8 large slits in crust.
• Place over pie, crimp or flute crust.
• Brush with melted 1 tbsp butter; sprinkle with sugar.
• Cover edge of crust with foil.
• Bake 35 minutes; remove foil.
• Continue baking 10 to 20 min.
• or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits.
• Remove from oven; run knife through slits.
• Pour whipping cream evenly through all slits.
• Return to oven for 5 minutes to warm whipping cream.
• Cool pie 30 min.

BLUE RIBBON APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Coat apple slices with lemon juice.
• Combine sugar, spices, flour, cornstarch and salt in a large zip-loc bag.
• Add apples and shake bag until thoroughly coated.
• Immediately, put coated apples into prepared pie crust.
• Dot with butter.
• Cover with top crust.
• Crimp edges to seal and cut vent holes into crust.
• Brush with milk and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes, reduce temperature to 350°F and continue baking for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

BLUE RIBBON APPLE CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix 1 1/2 cups flour, vegetable oil, milk, 2 teaspoons sugar, and salt in a bowl until mixture pulls together; transfer and press into a 9-inch pie dish to form a crust.
• Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl; toss apples into cinnamon sugar to coat. Transfer apples to pie dish.
• Stir 1 cup flour and brown sugar in a bowl. Cut in cold butter with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle crumbs over apples.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden and bubbly, about 45 minutes.

BLUE-RIBBON APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust even with rim., In a small bowl, mix walnut layer ingredients until blended. Spread onto bottom of crust. Refrigerate while preparing filling., For filling, in a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice and vanilla. In a small bowl, mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; add to apple mixture and toss to coat., Pour filling over walnut layer; dot with butter. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Brush top with milk; sprinkle with sugar. Cut slits in crust., Place pie on a baking sheet. Bake 55-65 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cover edge loosely with foil during the last 10 minutes if needed to prevent overbrowning. Remove foil. Cool on a wire rack.