Apple Nut Lattice Tart Pie
My mom entered the local cooking contest when I was a kid, bringing home the blue ribbon on more than one occasion. On this, my first Mother's Day without her, I share one of her blue ribbon winning pies.
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
Crust
- Use Your favorite crust recipe
Filling
- 3-3½ cups apples thinly sliced and peeled
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 tbsp golden raisins
- 3 tbsp walnuts chopped
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼-½ lemon peel grated
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 egg yolk beaten
- 1 tsp water
Glaze
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C)
- Prepare pie crust according to your recipe for a two crust pie using 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom or 9 inch pie pan.
- Place prepared crust in bottom and up sides of pan, trim edges.
- In large bowl, combine apples, sugar, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, lemon peel, and lemon juice. Mix lightly. Spoon into pie crust-lined pan.
- To make a lattice top, cut remaining crust into 1/2 inch wide strips. Arrange strips in lattice design over apple mixture. Trim and seal edges. In a small bowl, combine egg yolk and water, gently brush over lattice.
- Bake for 40-60 minutes or until golden brown and apples are tender. Cool for 1 hour.
- In a small bowl combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over slightly warm tart.