Mcintosh Apple Tart Recipes

Steps:

• Crust: Mix flour and salt in a medium bowl.
• With a pastry blender, cut in margarine and shortening until you have coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle with water 1 tbsp at a time,mix with a fork until mixture holds its shape.
• Form into a ball;flatten out a little a bit.
• Wrap up tightly in plastic wrap and put in fridge for 1 hour or overnight.
• On a floured surfaced roll out pastry 1/8-inch thick into a 13-inch circle.
• Place pastry into an 11-inch tart pan with removable bottom; trim edges.
• Put in fridge while making the filling.
• Filling: Heat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, mix 1/2 cup sugar and the flour and cinnamon.
• Mix with the apples.
• Arrange apple slices in a circle overlapping a bit at the edge of the pie crust.
• Keep making circles with the apples until crust is all covered.
• Top with another apple layer.
• Bake tart 1 hour.
• Pour cream over tart and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup of sugar.
• Bake 10 minutes more or until crust is golden.
• Cool on rack.

Steps:

• Peel and slice apples. Toss with sugars, cinnamon and flour. Set aside.
• Roll crust to make slightly larger to fit 10-inch glass pie pan. Fit bottom crust in pie pan. Turn in apple mixture and dot with butter. Put crust on top and crimp edges of crust together.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Wet hands with water and dampen top of pie. Sprinkle with additional sugar. Puncture top of pie with fork so the steam can escape.
• Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking for about 45 minutes more, until crust is golden brown. It's a good practice to place a piece of aluminum foil slightly larger than the pie under the pie plate to catch overflows. Serve warm.