Amish Style Apple Pie
Is there anything as American as apple pie? Amish Style Apple Pie is a great dessert recipe to satisfy the sweet tooth in your household. A classic recipe with less guilt.
Notes
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Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup sugar substitute
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 5 tablespoon flour, all-purpose or white whole wheat
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine, cold
- 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 4 cups McIntosh or Granny Smith apples, sliced
- 1 unbaked 10 inch pie shell
- 1 egg
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a food processor bowl mix 1/3 cup sugar, brown sugar, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Add the butter then process until the mixture becomes crumbly; it should still have a dry look to it -- don't over process. Add the nuts then set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Peel, core and thinly slice apples 4 cups of apples. Fill pie shell with apples.
- Beat the egg, and add the cream and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix the remaining sugar, flour, and cinnamon.
- Combine the sugar mixture to the egg mixture and blend. Pour over the apples.
- In the lower one-third of the oven, bake for an hour. After 20 minutes, sprinkle the contents of the food processor over the top.
- Continue baking approximately 40 minutes longer, or until the top becomes puffed and is lightly brown.
