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Apple Custard Pie

This single crusted apple pie has a light custard that binds the apples together.

Ingredients

Pie Crust

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 4-5 Tbs cold water

Pie Filling

  • 6-8 tart apples peeled and sliced
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup light cream or half and half
  • cinnamon

Instructions

Pie Crust

  • Mix the flour and salt together, then cut in the shortening. You can do this in the food processor or a stand mixer or by hand. Add the cold water and mix just until it has blended in. Roll out the pie crust and lay it in a 9″ pie pan. Trim any overhang. Create a pretty border by pinching the edge between your thumb and finger all the way around if you'd like.

Pie

  • Preheat the oven to 375F.
  • Peel, core and thinly slice the apples, adding to the pie dough until the apples are nicely mounded. (They'll shrink down as they cook.)
  • In a small bowl, combine the sugar, flour and salt and mix well, then stir in the cream. Pour this over the apples.
  • Sprinkle the apples with ground cinnamon.
  • Cover the pie loosely with foil and bake for 1 hour.
  • Take the foil off and bake another 15 minutes, until the apples are done. (Test this with a paring knife. It should go in easily.)