Name: Covered Apple Pie
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Yield: one 10-inch pie
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 3 Granny Smith apples (1 pound); 2½ teaspoons baking powder; ½ cup sugar; 3 teaspoons lemon juice; 1½ cups powdered sugar; Pinch of salt (about ⅛ teaspoon or less); 2½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour (protein 3 grams per ¼ cup), plus extra for working dough; ½ cup sliced or thinly slivered almonds (thickly slivered almonds will remain somewhat crunchy); 1 tablespoon almond liqueur, or 1 teaspoon almond extract; 3 tablespoons lemon juice or lime juice; 3 to 4 Fuji apples (1 pound); 3 pounds Braeburn apples; or 3 pounds apples of different varieties, for example:; 3 Pink Lady apples (1 pound); ½ cup dried currants or raisins; 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar, or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ⅔ cup sugar; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 tablespoon rum; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 3 teaspoons rum or water; 2 eggs

Preparation info

Yield:
one
10 inch pie

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

German Heritage Baking

By Heidrun Metzler

Published 2024

About

Growing up in Germany, I spent birthdays, holidays, and special occasions with my extended family. On these occasions, my mother, aunt, and grandmother all pitched in with the baking. Knowing my love of pastries, they joked and wagered on which dessert I would choose. “Oh, I think Heidrun is going to have the cheesecake,” my mom would say, lobbying for her pastry. “No, she will pick the apple pie,” my aunt would parry in favor of her dessert. I lo