All American Apple Pie with Ice Cream and Caramel Sauce
Instructions
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Cut 2 sticks of butter into 1/2 inch cubes
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Place into freezer for 20 minutes
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Place 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, and salt in food processor and pulse a few times to mix.
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After butter has been in the freezer for 20 minutes, add to food processor and pulse 5-6 times. The goal is to mix the butter into the flour. The cubes of butter should be no smaller than peas.
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Move flour mixture to large bowl
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Add water to flour 2 tablespoons at a time. Toss with fork. We want to get to the point when you take your hand squeeze a handful of flour, it should stick together. For this one, it ended up taking 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons.
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Once this is done, divide into two. Work each half until it sticks together somewhat well and is in a disk. We don’t want the butter to fully incorporate. If you need to add more water, you can, but do so only very sparingly.
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Tightly wrap in plastic wrap and place in freezer for 20 minutes
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Add 3/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg to large bowl
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While freezing, peel and finely slice 5 large apples.
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Mix apples, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
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Preheat oven to 425
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Take dough out of freezer and unwrap
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Get to your zen place. Roll out the dough. I suggest looking at the section above where I talk about rolling out the dough.
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Place one pie crust on the bottom
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Add pie filling
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Add 2 tablespoons butter
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Add top crust
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Use fingers to pinch crust together
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Trim excess dough, but the crust will shink a bit, so leave a bit
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Using fork, crimp the two doughs together further
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Put egg on dough crust
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Sprinkle with sugar
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Using knife, slit four holes in crust
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Put in for 35 minutes
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Remove tinfoil
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Check every 5 minutes and remove when it looks done. 40-45 minutes
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Let rest for at least 2 hours
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SERVE