[ale] [OT] Dutch Apple Pie recipe

[James P. Kinney III]

Dutch Apple pie is one of the "no official recipe" things. Most are of
the "deep dish" style. The major common factor is lots of cinnamon. A
favorite of mine, vent cuttings are shaped like penguins to make it
"list appropriate" is as follows:

1-1/2 recipes of basic 8' pastry dough
2 Tbs lemon juice
6 cups peeled, cored, sliced tart apples. (Granny smith)
1-1/4 cups plus 2Tbs sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2tsp cinnamon
3 Tbs flour
4 Tbs butter at room temp
1 cup heavy cream, whipped

Use the lemon juice over the apples during prep to prevent browning. Mix
1-1/4 C sugar plus salt, spices and flour, add to apples and lemon
juice. Spread fruit mix evenly into a 1-1/-2 qt baking dish.  
Dot with butter.

Roll out pastry dough to 1-1/2" overlap for dish top. Use a TUX cutter,
or steady hand with sharp, moistened knife, to cut 2-3 tux penguins out
for venting. Press pastry to edge of disk and flute with fork or
fingers. Use cutout penguins to decorate top crust. Sprinkle with
remaining sugar. Bake in preheated 450 F oven 10 minutes. Lower heat to
350 F for remaining 30 minutes. Serve with whipped cream (or ice cream)
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8" pastry

1C plus 2Tbs flour
1/3 C shortening
1/4 tsp salt
2-3 Tbs cold water

Mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening with pastry mixer or two knives.
Combine only until mix is course and mealy (small "peas" OK). Texture
will not be uniform. Sprinkle water a bit at a time and mix lightly,
until pastry hold together in a ball when gently pressed together. Let
rest in refrigerator for 30 minutes covered in plastic wrap. Makes one
8" crust. 

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Penguin cookie cutters from Letchers. Alas, they are no more. Michaels
art and craft may have some now.

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