Apple Crisp Tart
By: Sena Wilson
Published: Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 3:25pm

Ingredients




4 Apples, Peeled (Jazz or Fuji brand) and chopped
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
3 tablespoons Heaping All Purpose Flour
1/4 cup Pear Juice or Apple Juice
1/2 teaspoon Penzy's Baking Spice Mix*
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
1/4 teaspoon Lemon Peel
1 teaspoon Cinnamon Sugar Mix
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter (Cold and Chopped)
Double Pie Curst Recipe
Sparkling White Sugar (King Arthur Flour products) for topping
tablespoon Egg Wash (1 Tbs water plus Egg White)
Pie Crust:
2 cups All Purpose Flour
3/4 cup Solid Shortening
1/2 teaspoon Salt
7 tablespoons Cold Water
1 teaspoon White Vinegar

Preparation

1 In a large bowl, mix apples,  white and brown sugars, flour, pear juice, Baking Spice Mix, vanilla, lemon peel, and Cinnamon Sugar Mix.  Set aside.  Crust:  Combine flour and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until crumbly.  Make a well in the middle and add the combined water/vinegar mix.  Knead together;  wrap and chill crust for 15 minutes.  Roll out crust in a large circle on pastry cloth; transfer to non-stick baking sheet (or spray with oil).  Pour filling in center of crust but do not overfill to edge of crust - leave enough room to fold crust over half of  2 You can use a mixture of Allspice, Mace, and Cinnamon. 3 This is a specialty item - you can substitute by sprinkling with additional cinnamon sugar mix.