American Apple Pie Recipe

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• 320 g whole-wheat flour
• ½ tsp salt

Stir flour and add salt

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• 100 g unsalted butter
• 4 tbsp cold water

Mix dry ingredients with cool butter using your hands until crumbly. Then step by step add cold water. Form the dough in 2 balls (one is a bit bigger)

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Let the dough chill in the fridge for 1 hour

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• 1500 g apples

Peel and core apples, cut in two half’s and slice into pieces.

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• 4 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp lemon juice

Add cinnamon, lemon juice and sugar to apples and mix

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• 40 g unsalted butter (for the sauce)
• 1½ tbsp whole-wheat flour

Heat the pan, melt butter and add flour, then mix until smooth.

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Add the souse to apples

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• 1 egg yolk

Roll out the dough (the biggest ball is the first layer) in a round shape. Remove it in the cooking mold. Put all apples in it, then roll out the remaining dough and slice into thin (1,5cm) layers. Weave a lattice crust for the top layer or the upper part can coat the entire pie! Whisk one egg yolk and brush it on the top crust.