Pie By The Yard Recipe

Ingredients

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• This recipe was given to me by my sister. The recipe is actually from a mennonite collection(Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog). It is a wonderful and quick alternative to an apple strudel. The dough is quite flaky and buttery... shopping list
• Dough shopping list
• 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour shopping list
• 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
• 1 cup butter shopping list
• 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
• 2 egg yolks shopping list
• enough buttermilk to make 3/4 cup with the egg yolks in the cup. shopping list
• I also add a half packet of vanilla sugar.(My addition to the original recipe) shopping list
• Mix together the flour and the soda and the salt. shopping list
• Cut the butter into the flour mixture. shopping list
• Add the yolk and the buttermilk which has been stirred together. shopping list
• Stir together with a fork as well as you can. shopping list
• Turn the dough onto the countertop and form into a ball. shopping list
• Flatten into a disc and put it in the refrigerator for an hour. shopping list
• Peel and slice enough apples to make 8 cups. shopping list
• Toss the apples with 1 1/2 tablespoons minit tapioca. (or you can use some cornstarch) shopping list
• Add 3/4 cup sugar. shopping list
• ( At this point I also add some cinnamon (2tsp). vanilla or even some grated peel (lemon or orange... you may omit or do as you like) shopping list
• Set aside. shopping list
• Preheat the oven to 375 F shopping list
• Divide the dough into two pieces. shopping list
• Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper shopping list
• roll each piece of dough roughly the size of the cookie sheet. shopping list
• roll the dough onto a rolling pin and transfer onto the two cookie sheets. shopping list
• Divide the apple mixture between the two pieces of dough. shopping list
• Fold first one long side over and then the other and then fold the ends onto the top last. shopping list
• Take the two egg whites and beat them until soft peaks form. shopping list
• With your fingers spread the egg white over top the pies as shown.Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. shopping list