All American Apple Pie with Ice Cream and Caramel Sauce
By: Ben Myhre
Published: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 1:22pm

Ingredients




2 sticks of unsalted butter
2 1/2 cups white all purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup ice cold water (approximate)
5 Medium Braeburn Apples
2/3 cups sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon sugar

Preparation

1 Cut 2 sticks of butter into 1/2 inch cubes 2 Place into freezer for 20 minutes 3 Place 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, and salt in food processor and pulse a few times to mix. 4 After butter has been in the freezer for 20 minutes, add to food processor and pulse 5-6 times. The goal is to mix the butter into the flour. The cubes of butter should be no smaller than peas. 5 Move flour mixture to large bowl 6 Add water to flour 2 tablespoons at a time. Toss with fork. We want to get to the point when you take your hand squeeze a handful of flour, it should stick together. For this one, it ended up taking 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons. 7 Once this is done, divide into two. Work each half until it sticks together somewhat well and is in a disk. We don’t want the butter to fully incorporate. If you need to add more water, you can, but do so only very sparingly. 8 Tightly wrap in plastic wrap and place in freezer for 20 minutes 9 Add 3/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg to large bowl 10 While freezing, peel and finely slice 5 large apples. 11 Mix apples, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. 12 Preheat oven to 425 13 Take dough out of freezer and unwrap 14 Get to your zen place. Roll out the dough. I suggest looking at the section above where I talk about rolling out the dough. 15 Place one pie crust on the bottom 16 Add pie filling 17 Add 2 tablespoons butter 18 Add top crust 19 Use fingers to pinch crust together 20 Trim excess dough, but the crust will shink a bit, so leave a bit 21 Using fork, crimp the two doughs together further 22 Put egg on dough crust 23 Sprinkle with sugar 24 Using knife, slit four holes in crust 25 Put in for 35 minutes 26 Remove tinfoil 27 Check every 5 minutes and remove when it looks done. 40-45 minutes 28 Let rest for at least 2 hours 29 SERVE

About


Zen And The Art Of Pie Crust Maintenance. This Homemade Apple Pie recipe with butter pie crust is going to knock your socks off! Not to mention, we add a caramel sauce on top and give you step by step instructions to make the best dang pie crust that is possible. Now, butter pie crust might be a bit more difficult to make, but it is totally worth it. It just takes the proper ingredients and the right mindset to make a beautiful pie crust.