Gingerbread Apple Pie

22 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CRUST
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup margarine, softened
  • 1 tablespoon molasses
  • 2 tablespoons cold water
  • FOR THE FILLING
  • 2 lbs granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced (about 8)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 pinch ground cloves
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 2 tablespoons tapioca starch or 2 tablespoons arrowroot

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 375°F.
  2. 2
    MAKE THE CRUST: Sift together the flour, sugar, spices, salt, and baking powder.
  3. 3
    Add the margarine one tablespoonful at a time and cut in with a pastry cutter, knife, or your fingertips.
  4. 4
    Drizzle hte molasses and water over the dough, mixing with your fingertips until the crumbs of dough begin to cling together.
  5. 5
    Set aside 1/2 cup of the dough. Gather together the rest of the dough and knead it into a ball. Press it evenly into the bottom and sides of a pie pan and bake for 10 minutes.
  6. 6
    MAKE THE FILLING: While the crust bakes, combine in a mixing bowl all the filling ingredients except the tapioca starch.
  7. 7
    Sprinkle the tapioca over the apple mixture and mix until the starch is dissolved.
  8. 8
    ASSEMBLE THE PIE: Fill the pie crust with the apple mixture, and crumble the remaining 1/2 cup of dough over the filling.
  9. 9
    Cover with foil and bake for 20 more minutes.
  10. 10
    Remove the foil and bake 30 minutes more; the filling should be bubbling and the apples should be tender.
  11. 11
    Serve warm or at room temperature.

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