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20
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Ingredients
Pie Crust
- 3/4 cup butter chilled
- 3/4 cup shortening chilled
- 3 3/4 cups flour
- Dash salt
- ice water
Filling
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 3 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 lbs peeled, cored and thinly sliced apples (about 9 apples)
Top crust
- 1 tsp red food coloring
- 1 tsp blue food coloring
Ingredients
Pie Crust
Filling
Top crust
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Instructions
Pie Crust
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt, chilled shortening and chilled butter and mix together with your fingers. Keep mixing with your finger until the flour is about pea sized.
- Gently add the water little by little and mix together. You want the dough to be moist but not too wet.
- Divide the dough into 2/3 and 1/3 parts. Take the 2/3 part and roll it out unto a lightly floured surface to 17x 12 rectangle. Fold it into half then quarter and place on a 15x10 jelly roll pan. Then unfold it. Cut the excess with a knife. Chill in the refrigerator while making the filling.
- Take the 1/3 part and roll it out. Cut out into long strips and also star shape using a star cutter. Place on a baking sheet and chill in the refrigerator. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Filling
- In a medium bowl, mix together the apples, sugar, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Pour the lemon juice and mix again. Take out the chilled pie crust, pour the filling and even out the layer.
- Bake the pie for 30-35 minutes, until the apples are tender. Remove from oven and let cool in room temperature.
Top crust
- Take out the pie strips and stars from the refrigerator. In 1 small bowl, add the red food coloring and 1 tsp of water. Repeat the same for the blue one.
- Using a pastry brush, brush the stars with the blue, and brush the strips with the red. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes and let cool.
- Arrange the top crust on top of the pie to look like the flag.
Recipe Notes
Adapted from : The American Pie and Cooking Classy
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