Apple Shortbread Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
• 2 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 1/4 lbs golden delicious apples, peeled,cored and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400-degrees f.
• 2 in a food processor blend flour, sugar and salt. add butter through food tube using on/off turns until coarse meal forms. drizzle egg yolks over dough and mix until dough forms using on/off turns. do not form into a ball.
• 3 pat 3/4 of the dough into a 8-inch round tart pan (with removable bottom) or an 8-inch round cake pan. set aside.
• 4 in a large bowl mix apple slices with sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• 5 turn apple mixture into crust.
• 6 crumble remaining crust mixture over apples.
• 7 place pie on baking sheet in oven and bake for 15 minutes.
• 8 reduce heat to 350-degrees f and bake another 20 minutes or until top is light brown and filling is bubbly.
• 9 cool at least 30 minutes before serving.