Apple Pie with Dried Fruit

Name: Apple Pie with Dried Fruit
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour plus extra for dusting; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter chilled, cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 8 tablespoons, vegetable shortening, chilled; 6 - 8 tablespoons, ice water; 1 cup, raisins, dried sweet cherries, or dried cranberries; 1 1/2 tablespoons, lemon juice; 1 tablespoon, applejack, brandy, or cognac; 2 pounds, Granny Smith apples (4 medium); 2 pounds, McIntosh apples (4 medium); 3/4 cup, granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, lemon zest from 1 medium lemon; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon, ground allspice; 1 , egg white beaten lightly; 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar, for topping

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1997

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Here's a recipe that works not only with the best fall apples but with a combination of Granny Smith and McIntosh, which are available everywhere, anytime.

SERVES8

TIME2¼ hours, plus 30 minutes chilling and 4 hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted an apple pie recipe made with apples available everywhere at any time. To arrive at the tartness and texture we were after, we had to use two kinds of readily available apples, Granny Smith and McIntosh. The Grannies could be coun...

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