David Wright's Apple Pie

New York Mets third baseman David Wright's favorite dessert is all-American apple pie, which should come as no surprise, since baseball and apple pie have always gone hand in hand. If you think that it would be hard to improve on the classic American apple pie, you might want to try this tweak: Apples have a huge variety of flavors (tart, sweet, honeylike) and textures (crisp, tender, crunchy), and mixing different apples makes for a more interesting pie.

Recipe from Diamond Dishes by Julie Loria/Lyons Press, 2011.

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Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds sweet and firm apples, such as Golden Delicious or Empire or Fuji, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch wedges		1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 1/2 pounds tart and crisp apples, such as Granny Smith or Cortland peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch wedges		1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar		2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into cubes
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar		All-purpose flour, for rolling out the dough
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon		Flaky Pie Dough

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1
Make Flaky Pie Dough.
2
Position a rack in the bottom third of the oven and preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.
3
Combine the apples in a large bowl. You should have 7–8 cups. Add the granulated and brown sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and mix well.
4
On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the larger pastry disk into a 13-inch-diameter round about 1/8 inch thick. Transfer to a 9-inch pie dish. Add the filling and scatter the butter on top. Roll out the remaining disk into a 10-inch-diameter round about 1/8 inch thick, and center on top of the filling. Cut out a 1-inch-diameter hole in the center of the top crust. Pinch the top and bottom crusts together and flute the edges. Place on the baking sheet.
5
Bake the pie for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F and continue baking until the crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbling in the center hole, about 1 hour. Transfer to a wire cake rack and let cool completely. Slice into wedges and serve.

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