Apple pie is a Thanksgiving dessert staple. I like to make it with a crust made in the shape of leaves. I think it makes it look more festive and is simple to do. All you need is a pie crust, either homemade or store bought and some pie cut outs. I found mine at a baking store and use them every year. Try it out, it takes only 20 minutes to cut out all the pieces and it looks great on the table.
This recipe is the time to use the apple pie filling you put up months ago. I have provided the link to it, in case you forgot. If you don't have your own filling, you can use your favorite apple pie filling.
Ingredients
1 recipe for
Basic Pie Crust (this makes a top and bottom)
2 jars
homemade pie filling
2 TBS butter, cut into cubes
1 egg
water
sugar
Here's how:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the pie crust into a pie dish or take out your store bought pie crust.
Drain the pie filling and put the apple only into the crust bottom. Dot with the butter.
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| Homemadepie filling |
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| Pie is ready for its crust |
Roll out top crust to 1/8 inch or unroll store bought crust.
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| Rolled out |
Cut out leaf shapes and place the leaves on the apples.
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| Pie crust cut outs |
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| Leaf shapes. Used only the ones on top. |
Start along the bottom crust, pushing on the leaves to affix them to the crust. Overlap them slightly making sure they are stuck to each other.
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| One layer on |
Go around the pie until the entire pie is covered.
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| All covered |
Place the egg and a splash of water into a small bowl. Scramble the eggs.
Using a pastry brush, cover the crust with the egg wash.
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| Egg wash on |
Sprinkle sugar or sanding sugar on top of the egg wash.
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| Sugar on top. Ready for the oven. |
Bake the pie 1 hour to 1 hour and a half until the apples are letting off a bubbly liquid and the crust is brown.
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| Done and ready to serve with some ice cream on top |
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