Old Fashioned Lattice Top Apple Pie Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the apples, sugar, water, tapioca, cinnamon and nutmeg; toss to coat. Let stand for 15 minutes., In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Divide in half, making one half slightly larger. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger portion of pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to plate; trim even with edge of plate. Add filling; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry; make a lattice crust. , Trim, seal and flute edges. Brush with milk; sprinkle with sugar. Cover edges loosely with foil., Bake at 400° for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°; bake 40-50 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• For crust:
• Blend flour, sugar and salt in processor. Add butter and shortening and cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 6 tablespoons ice water and process until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather into ball; divide into 2 pieces. Flatten each into disk. Wrap each in plastic; chill 2 hours. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled. Let dough soften slightly before rolling out.)
• For filling:
• Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Mix first 6 ingredients in large bowl. Add apples and toss to blend.
• Roll out 1 dough disk on floured surface to 12-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Fold edge under, forming high-standing rim; crimp. Add filling. Roll out second dough disk on floured surface to 13-inch round. Cut into twelve 1-inch-wide strips. Arrange 6 strips across pie. Form lattice by arranging 6 strips diagonally across first strips. Gently press ends into crust edges. Brush lattice with milk. Sprinkle lightly with additional sugar. Bake pie 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F. Continue baking until juices bubble thickly and crust is deep golden, covering edges with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool on rack 1 hour. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Let stand on rack.)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.
• Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
• Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a bowl combine apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Place mixture in a pastry-lined 9 inch pie plate. Dot with butter and adjust top crust that has been vented.
• Place in oven and bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes. Turn oven temperature down to 275-300 degrees F (135-150 degrees C) and bake 40-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and apples are tender. Let cool and serve.

Steps:

• Heat your oven to 180 degrees and let it preheat.
• In a big bowl sieve in your flour and add your salt and baking powder and give it a light stir.
• Cut your butter into small fragments (easier to mix the softer but no too soft or melted)add your egg and egg yolk and natural yogurt and sugar.
• Using your hand you mix the mixture toghter in a squashing like motion until it forms a ball of dough , (if you find it too wet add more flour if you find it too dry add more yogurt).
• You can now put the dough into the fridge while you make the apple filling.
• Peel the apples from the skin and dice them into small cubes.
• In a saucepan boil 1/2 cup of water with the sugar and add half the cinnamon.
• when the water reaches boiling you can throw in the apples and cover them in the rest of the cinnamon,mixing the apples you might get too much water you can pour some out into a seperate bowl at the side.
• Letting the apples soften and boil for about 10 mintues or untill they arent hard and can mush easily setting them aside to cool.
• Taking your dough out the fridge you can flour an area of your worktop preparing it for the dough.
• Cut about 3/4 of your dough and roll it out to the size of your pan laying it down and poking small holes at the bottom when in the pan.
• Scoop out all your apple filling and spread it out eavingly in the pan.
• Rolling out any residue dough and using a ruller to cut our 1inch wide rectangles to fit your pan.
• You should have aproximentally 8 of these stripes laying half of them horizontal and the rest vertical.
• Cut off and excess of the sides and sprinkle the sugar and optional egg wash and put in the oven for about 40min.