McCall’s French Apple Pie
Recipe: #19695
June 24, 2015
Categories: Comfort Food, Desserts, Dairy, Fruit, Apple, Apricot, French, Kid Pleaser, Entertaining, Fall/Autumn, Father's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Ladies Luncheon, Mother's Day, Potluck, Summer, Winter, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Pies, Kosher Dairy more
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Ingredients
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- PIE
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (371.8 g)
- Calories 655.9
- Total Fat - 40.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 16.3 g
- Cholesterol - 1368.8 mg
- Sodium - 153.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 58.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.8 g
- Sugars - 43.8 g
- Protein - 21.9 g
- Calcium - 220.3 mg
- Iron - 3.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In small saucepan, combine 1/3 cup sugar and the flour; mix well.
Step 2
Stir in milk. Bring to boiling, stirring; reduce heat, simmer, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
Step 3
In a bowl, beat 3 egg yolks slightly.
Step 4
Beat some of the hot mixture into the yolks. Pour back into the saucepan, stirring.
Step 5
Add 1 tablespoon butter and the vanilla.
Step 6
Turn into bowl to cool.
FOR THE PIE
Step 7
Core, pare and slice the apples; sprinkle with lemon juice.
Step 8
In skillet, heat butter with the sugar and nutmeg.
Step 9
Add the apples; sauté, stirring occasionally.
Step 10
Cook until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Step 11
Melt apricot preserves.
Step 12
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Step 13
Turn filling into pie shell; spreading evenly.
Step 14
Arrange apple slices on top, mounding slightly in center.
Step 15
Spread with apricot preserves.
Step 16
With 1 pie crust, With knife or pastry wheel, cut into 12 strips,
Step 17
1/2-inch wide.
Step 18
Slightly moisten rim of pie shell with cold water.
Step 19
Arrange 6 pastry strips across the filling;
Step 20
Press edges to rim of pie shell, trim the ends, if necessary.
Step 21
Arrange rest of strips at right angle to the first strips, to form lattice.
Step 22
Bring overhang of pastry up over ends of strips; crimp edge. Mix egg yolk with 1 tablespoon water; brush on lattice,
Step 23
Not edge.
Step 24
Bake 40 minutes, or until golden.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.