Recipe: Apple Pear Pie

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Edited by: Lady Catherine Gourmet, Sheri Wetherell

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Adapted from Betty Crocker Fall Baking You will need: Filling: 6 pears (peeled & sliced) 6 apples (peeled & sliced) zest of 1 lemon juice of ½ lemon ¾ cup sugar ½ ...

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Tags: Baked Goods, Dessert, Pie

Yield: 1 pie, serves 8

Ingredients

	You will need:
	Filling:
6	pears (peeled & sliced)
6	apples (peeled & sliced)
	zest of 1 lemon
	juice of 1/2 lemon
¾	cup sugar
½	teaspoon ground cinnamon
3	tblsps all- purpose flour
3	tblsp butter
2	tblsp sugar
	Crust:
3	cups all-purpose flour
2	teaspoons sugar
1	cup cold butter (cut into pieces)
2	egg yolks
8	– 10 tblsp cold water

Preparation

Step 1	Prepare crust:
Step 2	In a bowl mix flour and sugar.
Step 3	Cut in butter, pulling 2 table knives through in opposite directions, until crumbly.
Step 4	Stir in egg yolks with fork. Sprinkle in water, 1 tblsp at a time, tossing until ball of pastry forms. Cut ball in half and wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Step 5	Prepare filling:
Step 6	Combine all of the ingredients for the filling and set aside.
Step 7	Preheat oven to 350 degrees:
Step 8	On a lightly floured surface roll out pastry the dough to fit a 10-round pie dish.
Step 9	Place pastry dough in pie dish and fill with the apple-pear mixture.
Step 10	Roll out the second dough to fit the top of the pie. Press down the edges with a fork and place two sets for fork holes in the middle of the pie.
Step 11	Place in oven for about 1 hour or until pie is golden.