Amish Style Apple Pie

Is there anything as American as apple pie? Amish Style Apple Pie is a great dessert recipe to satisfy the sweet tooth in your household. A classic recipe with less guilt.

Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups sugar substitute
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup plus 5 tablespoon flour, all-purpose or white whole wheat
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine, cold
• 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 4 cups McIntosh or Granny Smith apples, sliced
• 1 unbaked 10 inch pie shell
• 1 egg
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. In a food processor bowl mix 1/3 cup sugar, brown sugar, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
    
2. Add the butter then process until the mixture becomes crumbly; it should still have a dry look to it -- don't over process. Add the nuts then set aside.
    
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    
4. Peel, core and thinly slice apples 4 cups of apples. Fill pie shell with apples.
    
5. Beat the egg, and add the cream and vanilla.
    
6. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining sugar, flour, and cinnamon.
7. Combine the sugar mixture to the egg mixture and blend. Pour over the apples.
    
8. In the lower one-third of the oven, bake for an hour.  After 20 minutes, sprinkle the contents of the food processor over the top.
    
9. Continue baking approximately 40 minutes longer, or until the top becomes puffed and is lightly brown.