Apple Pie

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Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced

Directions

1. 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.
2. Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work of crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
3. 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.

Add a teaspoon of cinnamon, a good dash of nutmeg and a tablespoon of vanilla to the syrup prior to simmering (compensate for adding the vanilla by omitting a tablespoon of that 1/4 cup of water). Next, definitely mix the syrup with the apples rather than trying to pour into the pie (save enough to glaze top crust).

* Do use a 9" glass pie pan to avoid spillage.

* Use the middle shelf in the oven (so top crust doesn't brown too fast).

Pumkin Pie

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Famous Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
2 large eggs
1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree
1 can (12 fl ounces) evaporated Milk
1 unbaked 9-inch deep-dish pie shell

Directions:
1. Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves in a small bowl. Beat eggs in large bowl, Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk.
2. Pour into pie shell
3. Bake in preheated oven 425 for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 ( I like to do this when there is about 1 minute left and allow it to cool down.. do not take the pie out of the oven during the cool down) Bake for 40-50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours.
Serve Immediately or refrigerate
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