Bon Appetits Special Apple Pie Recipes

BON APPETIT'S SPECIAL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• For crust: Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl. Cut in cold butter using pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add water and toss mixture gently with a fork until evenly moistened. Gather gently into ball.
• Transfer to lightly floured board and roll into circle slightly larger than a deep 10-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pan and flute a high edge. Set aside.
• For filling: Preheat oven to 450*F. Combine apples, sour cream, sugar, flour, egg, vanilla and salt in large bowl and mix well. Spoon into crust. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350*F and continue baking until filling is slightly puffed and golden brown, about 40 minutes. (If edges of crust begin to brown too quickly, cover with strips of aluminum foil.).
• For topping: Meanwhile, combine walnuts, flour, sugars, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl and mix well. Blend in butter until mixture is crumbly. Spoon over pie and bake 15 minutes longer.

BON APPETIT BEST PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Mix flour, sugar and salt in Kitchenaide mixer.
• Add butter and shortening.
• Mix until it resembless coarse meal.
• Add water and mix until dough begins to clump together.
• Add more water if necessary if you find it too dry
• Remove dough from mixer.
• Divide dough in half.
• Flatten each half and wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refridgerate at least one hour and up to 3 days.

BON APPETIT'S OLD WORLD APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F. Combine flour, butter, shortening and salt in chilled large bowl and blend until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add 3 tablespoons ice water and mix just until dough holds together, adding another tablespoon water if necessary.
• Form dough into ball; flatten into disc. Transfer to floured surface and roll out into 12-inch circle. Fit into 9-inch deep-dish pie pan, trimming excess. Prick bottom and sides of crust with fork.
• Bake 10 minutes. Retain oven temperature at 350*F.
• Filling: Combine apples, 1 cup brown sugar, cornstarch, rum and cinnamon in large bowl and mix well. Spoon into pie shell.
• Combine remaining 1 cup brown sugar, pecans, oats, flour and melted butter in large bowl and mix well (mixture will be crumbly).
• Sprinkle over apple mixture. Bake until top is golden brown and juices are bubbling, about 50 minutes. Serve warm.