Apple Pear Pie
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 6:13pm

Ingredients




You will need:
Filling:
6 pears (peeled & sliced)
6 apples (peeled & sliced)
zest of 1 lemon
juice of 1/2 lemon
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 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

1 Prepare crust: 2 In a bowl mix flour and sugar. 3 Cut in butter, pulling 2 table knives through in opposite directions, until crumbly. 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. 5 Prepare filling: 6 Combine all of the ingredients for the filling and set aside. 7 Preheat oven to 350 degrees: 8 On a lightly floured surface roll out pastry the dough to fit a 10-round pie dish. 9 Place pastry dough in pie dish and fill with the apple-pear mixture. 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. 11 Place in oven for about 1 hour or until pie is golden.

About


This pie is sure to be a happy ending to any meal.
Enjoy! 
Adapted From Betty Crocker Fall Baking