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Brown Butter Apple Pie
Brown butter pairs with a mix of baking apples in this double-crust dish to evoke a nostalgic, caramel apple-like flavor.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 9h⏳ Prep: 1h👤 Lyda Jones Burnette📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●saucepan
- ●bowl
- ●spatula
- ●blender
- ●whisk
- ●skillet
- ●baking sheet
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make the brown butter: Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling occasionally, until golden brown and nutty smelling, 9 to ⏱️ 10 minutes. Transfer 2/3 of the butter (about 6 ounces) to a bowl and 1/3 (about 3 ounces) to a separate bowl (scraping the brown bits from the bottom of the pan with a spatula). Cover and refrigerate until firm and cold, at least ⏱️ 2 hours and up to 1 week.
2
Make the crust: Chop the 2/3 portion of brown butter into pieces. Whisk together flour, salt, and granulated sugar in a bowl. Cut butter into flour using two forks or a pastry blender until it resembles coarse meal with several pea-size pieces remaining. Add ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, using a fork to pull dough together into a crumbly pile (add up to an additional 2 tablespoons of water if needed). Divide into two piles; wrap each in plastic wrap and flatten into discs. Refrigerate until firm, at least ⏱️ 2 hours or up to overnight.
3
Make the filling: Cook apples and remaining 1/3 portion of brown butter in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender, 10 to ⏱️ 15 minutes. Add brown sugar, flour, lemon juice, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and cardamom. Cook, stirring, until combined and thickened, 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet to cool, about ⏱️ 30 minutes.
4
Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in the bottom position. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. On a lightly floured work surface, roll one disc of dough to a 12-inch circle. Fit into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Top with apple filling. On a lightly floured work surface, roll remaining dough to a 12-inch circle. Place on top of filling. Trim both layers of dough to a 1-inch overhang, fold under, and crimp. Freeze ⏱️ 20 minutes.
5
Whisk together egg and 1 teaspoon water in a bowl. Brush on pie, then sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Cut 3 or 4 slits in pie. Bake on prepared baking sheet ⏱️ 15 minutes. Reduce oven to 350°F, and bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 45 to ⏱️ 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack at least ⏱️ 4 hours before serving.
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