Deep-Dish Apple Danish Recipe
Ingredients
| Cooking apples | 8 Medium, peeled, sliced | |
| Lemon juice | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1⁄4 Teaspoon | |
| Ground nutmeg | 1⁄4 Teaspoon | |
| Dry yeast | 1⁄4 Ounce | |
| Warm water | 1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) | |
| All purpose flour | 2 Cup (32 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Sugar | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Egg | 1 , beaten | |
| Vanilla extract | 1 Teaspoon | |
| ConfectionersÂÂ sugar glaze | 1 Dash |
Directions
Combine apples, 2/3 cup sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large saucepan or skillet.
Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes or until apples are almost tender.
Let apples cool.
Dissolve yeast in warm water; let stand 5 minutes.
Combine flour and 2 tablespoons sugar in a medium mixing bowl, cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Combine egg, vanilla, and dissolved yeast, stir into flour mixture.
Pat two-thirds of dough in bottom of a greased 9-inch square pan.
Spread apple filling evenly over dough.
Roll remaining one-third of dough into a 9-inch square on a well-floured surface, place over apple mixture, sealing edges to sides of pan.
Bake at 375° for 35 minutes, reduce heat to 300°, and bake an additional 25 minutes. (Cover edges with foil to prevent overbrowning, if necessary.)
Drizzle with Sugar Glaze.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes or until apples are almost tender.
Let apples cool.
Dissolve yeast in warm water; let stand 5 minutes.
Combine flour and 2 tablespoons sugar in a medium mixing bowl, cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Combine egg, vanilla, and dissolved yeast, stir into flour mixture.
Pat two-thirds of dough in bottom of a greased 9-inch square pan.
Spread apple filling evenly over dough.
Roll remaining one-third of dough into a 9-inch square on a well-floured surface, place over apple mixture, sealing edges to sides of pan.
Bake at 375° for 35 minutes, reduce heat to 300°, and bake an additional 25 minutes. (Cover edges with foil to prevent overbrowning, if necessary.)
Drizzle with Sugar Glaze.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
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