Stars & Stripes Apple Pie

Pie crust from Barefoot Contessa and Pie filling from My Sister's Cafe

What you need:

Pie Crust (need 1 double pie crust)

12 Tbsp very cold unsalted butter

3 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp kosher salt

1 TBsp sugar

1/3 cup very cold vegetable shortening

6-8 Tbsp ice water (about 1/2 cup)

Pie Filling

1/2 cup sugar

1 TBsp flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp lemon juice

6 cups Granny Smith apples (peeled and sliced)

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

How to make it:

Pie crust

Dice the butter and return it to the refrigerator while you prepare the flour mixture.

Place the flour, salt, and sugar in a bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse a few times to mix.

Add the butter and shortening.

Pulse 8-12 times, until the butter is the size of peas.

With the machine running, pour the ice water down the feed tube and pulse the machine until the dough begins to form a ball.

Dump out on a floured board and roll into a ball.

Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Cut the dough in half.

Roll each piece on a well-floured board into a circle, rolling from the center to the edge, turning and flouring the dough to make sure it doesn't stick to the board.

Fold the dough in half, place in a pie pan, and unfold to the fit the pan.

Roll out the second half of the dough then using a star cookie cutter, cut out some stars, set aside.

Then cut some strips to make the stripes, set aside.

Filling

Preheat oven to 425˚F.

Pour the lemon juice over the sliced apples.

In a bowl, combine sugar, flour, and cinnamon.

Coat the apples with the sugar mixture.

Put the apples in the unbaked pie shell.

In a separate bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar, and flour, cut with a pastry blender or rub with fingers.

Sprinkle over the apples.

Cover the apples with the stars and stripes dough pieces.

Bake for 35-40 minutes.

Serve warm or with ice cream then ENJOY!