Rick Makes Apple Pie | From the Test Kitchen | Bon Appétit

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is lower in saturated fat.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener.

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber.

Mix dry ingredients: flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl.

Add cold cubed butter and work it into the flour by hand until it resembles coarse crumbs.

Pour in vodka, ice water, and apple cider vinegar, mixing until just combined.

Pat the dough into a disk and refrigerate for at least a few hours.

Prepare an acid bath with water and lemon juice to prevent apple browning.

Peel, core, and slice the apples into thin slices.

Mix apples with granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and allspice.

Add lemon juice and set aside.

Reduce apple cider on the stove until thickened, then add the accumulated juices from the apples.

Stir in cornstarch mixed with water and cook until thickened.

Roll out pie dough on parchment paper.

Fill the pie crust with the apple mixture and top with another crust.

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