Triple-A Apple Pie
Apples, Anjou pears, and apricots are the As that make this apple pie a knockout.

Ingredients
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1 recipe Oil Pastry (below)
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1/4 cup packed brown sugar or brown sugar substitute* equivalent to 1/4 cup brown sugar
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1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon apple pie spice
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4 medium red and/or green cooking apples (1-1/2 pounds total), cored, quartered, and thinly sliced (about 4 cups)
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1 medium Anjou, Asian, or Bartlett pear, cored, quartered, and thinly sliced
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1 15-ounce can unpeeled apricot halves in light syrup, rinsed, drained, and sliced, or 1 cup fresh blueberries
Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 375 degees F. Prepare Oil Pastry. Cover and set aside.
2.
In a very large bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, and apple pie spice. Add apple slices, pear slices, and apricot slices or blueberries. Toss gently to coat. Transfer fruit mixture to a 9-inch pie plate.
3.
On a floured surface, use your hands to slightly flatten the pastry. Roll dough from center to edge into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. Use 1- to 1 1/2-inch cookie cutters to cut out shapes from the crust. To transfer pastry,** wrap it around the rolling pin. Unroll pastry atop fruit mixture. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold under extra pastry. Crimp edge as desired.
4.
Place pie plate on a foil-lined baking sheet. To prevent overbrowning, cover edge of pie with foil. Bake for 30 minutes; remove foil. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes more or until apples are tender and filling is bubbly. Cool about 1 hour. Serve slightly warm. Makes 10 servings.
Oil Pastry
In a medium bowl, stir together 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour or whole wheat flour, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add 1/4 cup fat-free milk and 3 tablespoons cooking oil all at once to the flour mixture. Stir lightly with a fork until all is moistened. Form into a ball.
Sugar Substitutes
Choose from Sugar Twin Granulated Brown or Sweet 'N Low Brown. Follow package directions to use product amount equivalent to 1/4 cup brown sugar.PER SERVING WITH SUBSTITUTE: same as above, except 143 cal., 26 g carbo., 63 mg sodium. Exchanges: 0.5 other carbo.
Test Kitchen Tip
Another way to transfer the pastry is to slide a baking sheet under the rolled out dough circle. Then, slide the pastry from the baking sheet onto the fruit in the pie plate.
Nutrition information
Calories 164, Total Fat 4 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 65 mg, Carbohydrate 31 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 2 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%. Exchanges: Fruit 1, Other Carbohydrate 1, Fat .5.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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