Mama Rose Desk’s Apple Pie –

There are a number of key elements to the world’s greatest apple pie: (1) my mother’s well-known buttery pie crust, (2) thinly sliced and chopped Granny Smith apples, and (3) cooking the apples in a brown sugar-cornstarch combination for a unbelievable filling that’s harking back to a buttery caramel apple. Are you drooling but? 

This filling itself may be very straightforward. It’ll be arduous to withstand digging into the pie however you really want to attend no less than an hour earlier than slicing into it. We at all times eat it topped with caramel ice cream however vanilla can also be scrumptious! I hope you love this pie recipe as a lot as our household does.

Mama Rose Desk’s Apple Pie
Greatest Ever Pie Crust, recipe follows
2 kilos Granny Smith apples (about 6 medium)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 Tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp floor cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 giant egg, crushed
Elective: 1 Tbsp turbinado sugar

1. Make Greatest Ever Pie Crust recipe beneath and pop within the fridge to sit back whilst you make the pie filling.
2. Peel, core, thinly slice, and coarsely chop apples. You need 5 cups of coarsely chopped apples. Put aside.
3. Whisk collectively sugars, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt. Put aside.
4. Soften butter in a big skillet. Add apples and toss with butter. Pour lemon juice over apples and gently toss. Sprinkle apples with sugar combination and stir nicely. Prepare dinner for ten minutes, till the pan juices thicken and apples soften barely. 
5. Divide pie crust in half. Roll one half out on a floured floor and switch to a 9″ pie plate, becoming it up the edges. Evenly distribute the apple filling over the crust. Roll out the second half of pie crust to have a slight overhang. Minimize out small shapes if desired or lower a couple of slits into the highest crust. Switch to the highest of the pie. Tuck high crust underneath the aspect of the underside crust and pinch to seal.
6. Brush pie with crushed egg and, if desired, sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Cowl edges with aluminum foil or pie defend. Bake at 400 levels Fahrenheit for 20 minutes, then decrease warmth and bake at 350 levels for 15-20 minutes. Cool no less than one hour earlier than serving.

Mama Rose Desk’s Greatest Ever Pie Crust
FOR TWO PIE CRUSTS
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilly unsalted butter, lower into cubes
10 Tbsp ice water

1. Whisk collectively flour and salt.
2. Minimize in butter and shortening with a pastry blender or two forks.
3. Add ice water, one tablespoon at a time, mixing evenly with a fork after every addition.
4. Collect dough right into a ball and chill whilst you put together your filling. (If not utilizing instantly, wrap in saran wrap and preserve within the fridge.) Divide dough in half. Roll dough on a really evenly floured floor. Work rapidly and don’t over deal with the dough.

Completely satisfied baking,