Apple Shortbread Pie

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This apple shortbread pie recipe combines tender, spiced apples with a buttery shortbread crust for an easy, tasty dessert. Serve it with whipped cream.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chilled butter, diced
2 egg yolks, beaten
1 1/4 pounds Golden Delicious apple - peeled, cored and cut into 1/4 inch slices
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.)
2 Sift 2 cups four, white sugar, and salt into a large bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in egg yolks; mixture will be crumbly. Set aside 1/4 crumb mixture; press remaining 3/4 crumb mixture into bottom and up sides of an 8-inch tart pan or pie plate.
3 Combine apples, brown sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl; spoon into the crust. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly over top. Place pie on a baking sheet.
4 Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C); continue baking until top is golden brown and filling is bubbling, about 20 minutes more.