Apple Brown Sugar Pie

MACRINA BAKERY

Ingredients 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 8 medium Granny Smith apples (about 2 1/2 pounds), peeled, cored and sliced into 1/2- 1 tsp ground cinnamon inch wedges 1 recipe Flaky Pie Dough for a double-crusted 1 cup plus 2 tbsp granulated sugar, divided pie

1/4 cup plus 1 heaping tbsp unbleached all- 1 large egg, beaten with 1 tbsp water for egg purpose flour, divided wash

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room Lightly sweetened crème fraîche or whipped temperature cream, for serving

Preparation floured work surface, roll out the baking process or remain under- Makes one 9-inch pie larger disk into a circle roughly baked when the rest of the pie is 15 inches in diameter and 1/8- finished. 1. Position a rack in the center of inch thick. This is your bottom the oven and preheat to 350°F. crust. As you’re rolling, check 7. Brush the top crust with the Line 2 rimmed baking sheets frequently to make sure the egg wash. Fold the bottom crust with parchment paper. dough isn’t sticking; add flour over-hang up and over about 1/2 to the dough and work surface as inch of the top crust, pressing 2. Put the apples in a large bowl. needed. Fold the dough in half the layers of dough together. In a small bowl, mix 1 cup of and transfer it to a 9-inch pie With a fork or your fingers, granulated sugar and 1/4 cup pan. Place the dough in half of crimp the edge decoratively, of flour. Pour mixture over the the pan and then unfold, draping then brush with a little more egg apples and toss thoroughly – the it evenly over the entire pan. wash. Sprinkle the remaining 2 wedges should be completely This is the easiest way to move tablespoons of granulated sugar coated. Spread the apples evenly the dough without breaking it. evenly over the top of the pie. on the prepared baking sheets Gently fit the dough into the pan and bake for 15 to 20 minutes and trim excess (clean scissors 8. Chill the pie in the freezer for or until the apples are just work well for this), leaving a 30 minutes. Don’t be tempted tender. Halfway through baking, 1-inch overhang. to skip this step! The freezer will redistribute the apples for even firm up the pie dough, which, by baking. Cool them on the baking 5. Roll out the smaller disk into this time, will have become fairly sheets for about 5 minutes. a circle roughly 10 inches in soft from handling. Re-chilling Carefully pour the excess juices diameter and 1/8-inch thick. the butter will prevent the crust into a bowl and reserve. Cool Invert another 9-inch pie pan from shrinking, make the dough the apples completely at room on top of the dough and use a less apt to fall, and create a temperature or refrigerate to small, sharp knife to cut a circle flakier finished product. speed up the process. slightly larger than the pan. This is your top crust. Cut six 2-inch 9. Increase oven temperature 3. Using a fork, mash the butter, slots (or any pattern you choose) to 375°F. Place the pie on a brown sugar, cinnamon, and the in the middle to vent steam from rimmed baking sheet and bake remaining heaping tablespoon the pie as it bakes. Using a pastry for 30 minutes. Reduce oven of flour in a medium bowl until brush, paint egg wash around temperature to 350°F and bake well mixed. Dot the brown the outer 1/2-inch of the bottom until the top is deep brown and sugar-butter mixture randomly crust. the filling is bubbling, about 1 onto the apples and toss hour. Cool the pie for about 1 thoroughly. You don’t want to 6. Spoon the filling into the hour before serving to let it set have concentrations of butter – it shell, lightly packing the apples up. should be dotted throughout the and leveling the top. Invert apples. the top crust over the filling 10. To serve, spoon some of the and press down lightly on the reserved apple juice to pool on 4. Remove the pie dough from egg-washed edge. If the dough each plate and top with a slice the refrigerator and let stand extends farther than the pan, of pie and a dollop of lightly at room temperature for 10 cut away the excess. Bulky pie sweetened crème fraîche or minutes to soften slightly. On a edges can break during the whipped cream.