Deep Dish Apple Pie with Lashings of Pure Vanilla - a First Place Winner!
Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 8:55AM 
The Star of the Fruity Catagory
I am over the pie shaped moon! My apple pie won first place in the Junior League of Savannah’s first ever Pie Contest yesterday at the Wine and Food Fest. I have a very beautiful blue ribbon displayed in my kitchen now along with the red one I won...oh, yes...My Banana’s Foster Custard Pie took home the silver and won second in show...ousted by a Margarita type pie...that’s okay. Not a bad showing for my first ever pie competition and it just supports the cause...It’s All Delicious! I’m just giddy with delight and there’ll be no living with me for a few days!
p.s. I’ll post the Banana’s Foster Custard Pie tomorrow....
Deep Dish Apple Pie with Lashings of Pure Vanilla
Makes one 9-10 inch pie
8-10 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced (not too thin)
1/2-cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1-tablespoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons nutmeg
3-tablespoons vanilla
1-tablespoon cornstarch
A double recipe for a basic pie or tart dough (see below)
For the filling
Mix the sugars, cornstarch and cinnamon in a bowl. Stir in the vanilla. Add the sugar mixture to your apples and toss, making sure all the apple slices are covered.
Fill a prepared crust with apple mixture, press down the apples to fit in the shell. Cover with second crust. Make a few slits in the crust to allow for steam to escape and bake at 375°F for an hour. The pie is done when the apples are tender when a tester is inserted. Let cool completely and better overnight so all the juices meld together. Ice cream and or whipped cream are essential.
For the crust
2 cups all purpose flour
2 eggs
½ cup butter – cut in cubes
Process all ingredients together in the bowl of a food processor for 30 seconds. If the dough does not form a rough shape, add a little ice water by tablespoon. Turn dough out onto a floured board, shape in a disk and roll out.
Reader Comments (1)
Wow! No wonder you took the blue ribbon. What a beauty!