Creamy Apple Pie

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Amanda Kurtz, a 21-year-old Berks County woman, baked her way to the top of the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show’s Blue Ribbon Apple Pie contest with her recipe for Creamy Apple Pie Jan. 7.

Ingredients

  • Crust:
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 cups butter flavored Crisco
  • 5 tablespoons cold water
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • Cream Layer:
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup confectioners sugar, divided
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Pie Filling:
  • 6 cups finely sliced Ida Red or Cortland apples
  • 1/2cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Garnish:
  • 1 cup finely chopped glazed pecans
  • 1/4 cup caramel apple dip

Directions

Mix flour, salt and Crisco with mixer. Add beaten egg mixed with water, vanilla, and vinegar. Divide dough into two pieces. Using a rolling pin, roll dough out on a floured board into a 12-inch circle. Fit dough circle into a 9-inch pie dish. Trim excess and flute edge. This recipe makes two pie shells plus extra for cut-outs if desired. Heat oven to 450°. Prick bottom and sides of crust with a fork. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack. Beat whipping cream on medium high speed for 2 minutes or until stiff peaks form when beater is slowly raised. Add 1/8 cup confectioners sugar and gently mix into whipped cream until well blended. Set whipped cream aside. In a large mixing bowl, blend butter, cream cheese, remaining Confectioners Sugar and vanilla. Mix on medium-high speed for 1 minute or until light and fluffy. Spread mixture into bottom of cooled pie shell. Keep in refrigerator until pie filling is ready. Place all pie filling ingredients in a 2-quart slow cooker and mix until well blended. Cook on low heat for 1 hour or until apples are soft. Let pie filling cool for 1 hour, then place in refrigerator until chilled. Spoon chilled pie filling over the creamy layer and garnish with 1 cup finely chopped glazed pecans. Drizzle caramel over pecans. Place pie in refrigerator until ready to serve. *This recipe contains cream cheese and whipping cream and should be refrigerated until ready to serve.
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