Apple Pear Pie

The making up was a success.
In the spirit of celebration, I've decided to make pie. Not just any pie, though...oh, no...this, my friends, is Apple Pear Pie. The King of Pies.


OVEN 425°
Crust!
*2 cups flour
*1/2 cup sugar
*1/2 cup cold margarine
*some cold water

1. Put the flour, sugar, and margarine in a food processor and mix until it's all crumbly. Add the cold water, 1 tbsp at a time, until the dough is soft but not sticky.
2. Divide the dough into halves, and roll each half out to make a top and a bottom that will fit your chosen pie pan.
3. Line your pie pan with the first half of dough, and set aside the second half to put on top after the shell has been filled.

If you don't have a food processor, you're going to have to either cut the margarine into the flour with a fork and then mix by hand, or you'll need to use one of those fancy pastry-dough-cutter-mixer things.

Filling!
*4 apples (Gala are wonderful), peeled and sliced
*2 pears (red ones are best), peeled and sliced
*2 tbsp margarine
*1/3 cup sugar
*1/4 cup cold water
*2 tbsp cornstarch
*another 1/3 cup sugar
*pinch salt
*1 tbsp cinnamon
*pinch nutmeg
*2 tsp lemon juice
*another tsp margarine

1. Lightly saute the apples and pears in the first amount of margarine until they are slightly soft. Add the first 1/3 cup of sugar, which will draw the juices out of the fruit so they can simmer.
2. Mix together the water and cornstarch until there are no chunks, add to the fruit mixture, and boil until the liquid is thick and clear-ish.
3. Remove from heat and add the rest of the ingredients. Stir gently until the sugar is dissolved and the butter is melted.
4. Cool to room temperature,
5. Fill your pie shell and top with the dough that was set aside earlier.

Bake about 30 to 40 minutes, until crust is golden.


Also, I added a link to my mom's blog in my link section, but here's another just for giggles.
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