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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 425Â°.
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 purÃ©e.
Add sugar and lemon zest to the apple purÃ©e.
Sprinkle pie crust with ground almonds.
Pour purÃ©e over the crust.
Peel, core and thinly slice 2 baking apples.
Arrange the sliced apples neatly over the apple purÃ©e.
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

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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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