Fresh picked apples and loaded with pecans, baked together with just a little sweetness to enhance the tart apples with butter toasted pecans. Fall is tasty pretty dang good!
Author: Portlandia Pie Lady
Ingredients
Apple Pecan Filling
1-1/4 pounds tart apples, about 4 medium to large apples. Use at least 2 varieties for best flavor, Northern Spy, Granny Smith, Gala, Jonagold, etc.
3/4 cupchopped pecans
3tablespoonsbutter
3tablespoonsClearjel (cornstarch) or flour
1/4cuppure cane brown sugar
1/2cuppure cane granulated sugar
1teaspoon cinnamon
1/4teaspoon nutmeg
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Grandma's Pie Crust (makes 1 double crust 9-inch)
2cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonsalt
2tablespoonssugar
1/4teaspoonbaking powder
1cupvegetable shortening or butter
1/2cupcold water
Instructions
Pie Crust
With a large fork, stir all dry ingredients together until well mixed.
Using the large fork, cut in the shortening until mixture is crumbly (pea size crumbles).
Add cold water all at once and mix just until forms a ball (do not kneed or over mix). Divide dough in half (this will be rather soft). Roll out one half on heavily floured counter top about 1 to 1-1/2 inches wider than pie plate. Place onto pie plate, set aside for filling. Use other half of dough for top crust.
Apple Pecan Pie Filling & Assembly
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Core, peel and slice apples (this should yield about 5-1/2 to 6 cups sliced), and place apples in large bowl of water with about 2 teaspoons salt to keep from oxidizing until ready to use.
In a small skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter and add the pecans, stirring to pan toast for about 2 to 3 minutes to pan toast. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl mix cornstarch, sugars, and spices. Drain apples from water and stir into sugar & spice mix.
Stir in toasted pecans and place apple pie filling into prepared crust.
Wet edge of bottom crust with water and place on top crust, crimping and sealing edges, and cut vents. Or or use leaf cookie cutter as shown above. Brush dough with milk and sprinkle on sugar or cinnamon sugar.