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French Apple Pie Recipe

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A beautiful dessert with great apple flavor.

French Apple Pie Recipe (+)

Directions

Preheat oven to 425°.
Peel, core and thinly slice 3 apples.
Place apples in a saucepan with 1/4 cup of water.
Cook over medium heat for 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
After apples have cooked down, pour into a food processor or blender to purée.
Add sugar and lemon zest to the apple purée.
Sprinkle pie crust with ground almonds.
Pour purée over the crust.
Peel, core and thinly slice 2 baking apples.
Arrange the sliced apples neatly over the apple purée.
Brush with melted apricot jelly.
Bake in oven for approximately 25-30 minutes or until the pastry and apples are golden brown.
Dust with powdered sugar.

Container: 8 inch tart pan or spring form pan

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Serving Description: 1 slice

Servings: 8

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Ingredients

-		1 pre-made pie crust from any grocery store
-		1 tablespoon ground almonds
-		5 baking apples
-		1/4 cup sugar
		zest from 1/2 of a lemon
-		1/4 cup apricot jelly, melted

French Apple Pie recipe - Ratings & Reviews

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Submitted by: Megan
Date: 2007/11/01

"Everyone asked for the recipe after they tried this one."

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Submitted by: NewlyCook
Date: 2007/11/01

"I'm not huge on apple pies, but I made this for my dad's birthday and he couldn't get enough of it..."

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