Apple Pear Pie


Photo: Lady Catherine Gourmet
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Ingredients

You will need:
Filling:
6 pears (peeled & sliced)
6 apples (peeled & sliced)
zest of 1 lemon
juice of 1/2 lemon
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tblsps all- purpose flour
3 tblsp butter
2 tblsp sugar
Crust:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup cold butter (cut into pieces)
2 egg yolks
8 – 10 tblsp cold water

Preparation

1
Prepare crust:
2
In a bowl mix flour and sugar.
3
Cut in butter, pulling 2 table knives through in opposite directions, until crumbly.
4
Stir in egg yolks with fork. Sprinkle in water, 1 tblsp at a time, tossing until ball of pastry forms. Cut ball in half and wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
5
Prepare filling:
6
Combine all of the ingredients for the filling and set aside.
7
Preheat oven to 350 degrees:
8
On a lightly floured surface roll out pastry the dough to fit a 10-round pie dish.
9
Place pastry dough in pie dish and fill with the apple-pear mixture.
10
Roll out the second dough to fit the top of the pie. Press down the edges with a fork and place two sets for fork holes in the middle of the pie.
11
Place in oven for about 1 hour or until pie is golden.

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This pie is sure to be a happy ending to any meal.

Enjoy!

Adapted From Betty Crocker Fall Baking

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Dessert
Baked Goods
pie

Yield:

1.0 pie, serves 8

Added:

Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 6:13pm

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