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Double Crust Apple Pie

Indulge in the classic goodness of Double Crust Apple Pie, featuring a flaky pastry crust filled with sweet, cinnamon-spiced apples, baked to perfection.

Recommended Apple Variety:

McIntosh

Ingredients – Crust:
  • 2 cups white flour
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 cups shortening
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 2 Tbsp. Pioneer sugar
  • 10-12 Tbsp. cold water
Ingredients – Filling:
  • 6 lbs. Michigan McIntosh Apples, peeled and sliced
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp. cinnamon
  • 1 lb. Pioneer light brown sugar
  • 1/3 stick of salted butter, melted
  • 4-6 Tbsp. white flour
Directions – Crust:
  1. Mix all ingredients for crust EXCEPT water and store in fridge – crust chills while filling is prepared.
Directions – Filling:
  1. Rinse and drain peeled apple slices.
  2. Stir in filling ingredients.
Directions – Pie:
  1. Preheat oven 450° F.
  2. Pile filling into bottom crust, which is placed in 10-inch glass pie pan.
  3. Place top crust on top of filling. Form a rope look around the edge.
  4. If desired, draw an apple on center of top crust and paint with food coloring.
  5. Brush milk on crust where not decorated. Place foil around edge of pie.
  6. Bake for 15 minutes at 450°, then drop temperature to 350° and bake for another hour to 1 ½ hours, depending on the apples.
Double Crust Apple Pie