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Apple pie
Makes a two-crust 10-inch pie. Preheat
oven to 400 degrees.
For the crust:
3 cups sifted unbleached flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, cold
½ cup shortening, cold
1 large egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons vodka
¼ cup ice water
Nicholas F. White
Registered Principal
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Richard G. Thomas
President Eagle
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Sift the flour, salt and sugar together into
a large bowl. Cut the butter and shorten-
ing into ½-inch squares and add to the
flour. Using a mixer or by hand cut in the
butter and shortening just until the pieces
are the size of small peas. Combine egg,
vodka and ice water. While the mixer is
running on low speed, slowly add the liq-
uids to the flour mixture until the dough
begins to hold together. Turn dough out
onto floured surface and pat together
with hands. Divide into two parts and
shape each piece into a disk. Wrap in plas-
tic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
The addition of brandied fruit to apple
pie makes for a delightful alternative.
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
¾ cup heavy cream
Line pie pan with pastry. Arrange the sliced
apples in the pie shell. Measure sugars,
flour, salt and cinnamon into a bowl and
stir with a whisk to combine. Add the egg,
cream, melted butter and vanilla and mix
until well blended. Pour this mixture over
the apples in the pie pan. Roll out top crust
and make slits in it before topping the pie.
Trim excess edges and crimp to seal. Brush
with milk and sprinkle sugar on top.
2 tablespoons flour
Variation:
2 tablespoons melted butter
Replace 1 cup of the apples with a diced
brandied dried fruit mixture. You can use
a mixture of raisins, dried cranberries,
diced figs, apricots and dates. Douse with
brandy and leave to soak overnight.
For the pie filling:
6 cups peeled and cored apples, thinly
sliced
1 large egg
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar
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Now the fun begins.
The kitchen is a happy place. Let the
rains fall and the winds blow. Our house
is a very, very fine house, with two cats
(one actually, and she is a house cat) in
the yard.
Laurie insists on very thin slices and
an abundant filling. One can imagine
the smell of apples and cinnamon waft-
ing from the oven, and of course, the first
bite, “so sweet, and so good.” And this is
what we have to share in the topsy-turvy
days of Autumn.
And many thanks to Crosby, Stills
and Nash and William Carlos Williams
What started out as one visiting deer
quickly turned to three, as the apples were
plucked and given.
for illuminating our imaginations, for the
soft-spoken word. Pie and poetry, a match
for the ages.