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Chai Spiced Apple Pie

Easy Fall apple pie rich with cinnamon and chai spices!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword apple pie, pie, pineapple
Servings 10 servings

Ingredients

Pie Dough

  • 3 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 1/2 sticks butter, cubed and frozen
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 9-11 tbsp ice water

Filling

  • 5-6 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp Chai Spice
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 egg (for egg wash)

Chai Spice

  • 1 tsp ground cardamom
  • 1 tsp ground allspice
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 3 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp coriander

Instructions

Pie

  • Combine flour, butter, shortening, salt in a food processor. Pour in water until dough comes together. Take 1/3 of the dough, shape into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap and place into the refrigerator until ready to use.
    Divide the remaining dough in half. Roll out one half thinly and place in the bottom of a pie dish. Cut off excess dough. Spoon filling into the dish. Roll out the second half and cut into 6-7 even strips. Set excess dough aside. Place strips on top of the apple filling. Fold back every second strip of pastry onto itself, a bit more than halfway across the pie. Roll out the third piece of the dough that was in the refrigerator, and also cut it into even strips. Weave the second set of strips into the first by placing a strip of pastry perpendicular to the remaining strips on the pie. Unfold the folded strips of pastry across the perpendicular strip of pastry. Next, fold back the other strips of pastry. Place another strip of pastry perpendicular to the original strips of pastry. Repeat this pattern with the remaining strips of pastry. Cut off the excess pie dough around the pie dish. Set aside.
    Gather all remaining excess dough, roll it out and with fall leaf cutting cutters or plungers, cut out leaves and place them around the sides of the pie on top of the lattice, using an egg wash of 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of water to “glue” them down. Use remaining egg wash and brush it all over the top of the pie.
    Bake in a 350 degree oven for an hour to an hour and 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Filling

  • Add apples and remaining ingredients to a large bowl. mix well and set aside.

Chai Spice

  • Add all ingredients to a bowl. Mix with a spoon. Store in a small jar covered with a lid until ready to use.