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By Jennifer Segal
With a crisp, flaky crust and thick, cider-flavored apple filling, this is my idea of the perfect apple pie.
Servings: 8
Ingredients For the Crust
2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled with a knife
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
14 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, sliced into 1-inch pieces
¼ cup cold vegetable shortening, in 4 pieces
7 tablespoons ice cold water
For the Filling
3½ pounds baking apples (see note), peeled, cored, sliced ¼-inch thick
1 teaspoon lemon zest and 1 tablespoon lemon juice, from 1 lemon
½ cup granulated sugar
6 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
Heaping ¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
For Baking
A beaten egg, cream, or milk, for brushing over crust
2 tablespoons granulated sugar, for topping the pie
Instructions For the Crust
Combine the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulse a few times to combine. Add the pieces of butter and shortening and pulse until the mixture is crumbly with lots of pea and chickpea-size clumps of butter and shortening within.