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Apple Butter Pie with Quilt Top Crust
Pay homage to Pennsylvania with this striking pie!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 6h 10m⏳ Prep: 30 min👤 Torie Cox📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- blender
- whisk
- baking sheet
- oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make the quilt top crust: Whisk together flour, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or two forks until it resembles coarse meal with several small pea-size pieces remaining. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, using a fork to pull dough together into a crumbly pile (add up to an additional tablespoon of water, if needed). Wrap in plastic wrap, using the plastic to flatten and press dough into a disc. Refrigerate until firm, ⏱️ 1 hour.
2
Preheat oven to 400°F with the racks in the bottom and middle positions. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-inch-thick. Cut out 6 (2- by 2-inch) squares, then cut each square diagonally in half to form 12 triangles. Place on prepared baking sheet; freeze ⏱️ 15 minutes. Place a piece of parchment on top of frozen dough squares, and top with a second baking sheet. Bake, on middle rack, ⏱️ 10 minutes. Remove top baking sheet and parchment. Bake until golden brown, removing triangles as they brown, 3 to ⏱️ 8 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
3
Make the crust: Reduce oven to 375°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. On a lightly floured work surface, roll dough to a 12-inch circle. Fit in the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Trim excess to 1 inch, fold edges under, and crimp. Freeze ⏱️ 20 minutes. Line piecrust with aluminum foil or parchment paper, and fill with pie weights or dried beans, pressing all the way to the edge.
4
Place piecrust on prepared baking sheet. Bake, on bottom rack, ⏱️ 25 minutes. Carefully remove foil and pie weights, and prick bottom of piecrust several times with a fork. Bake until edges are lightly golden and bottom of pastry is dry, 8 to ⏱️ 10 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Reserve baking sheet.
5
Make the filling: Whisk together apple butter, brown sugar, eggs, apple pie spice, vanilla, and salt in a bowl. Whisk in half and half. Pour into piecrust. Bake, on middle rack, until edges are set (center might jiggle slightly), 30 to ⏱️ 35 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Before serving, top with crust triangles in a quilt-like pattern.
large eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten2
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