Apple Butter Pie

Apple Butter Pie

Serves 8

Ingredients

½ recipe Perfect Pie Crust
1 ½ cups (about 17 oz.) Kowalski's Apple Butter
3 eggs
¼ cup dark brown sugar
1 tbsp. flour
1 tsp. Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Bean Paste
1 tsp. kosher salt
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
- Cinnamon Whipped Cream (recipe below), for serving
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Directions
  1. On a lightly floured work surface, use a rolling pin to roll 1 piece of chilled dough into a 12" circle about ⅛" thick. 
  2. Transfer dough to a 9" pie plate; trim edges, leaving about 1" hanging over the edge. Tuck overhanging dough underneath itself to form a thick edge that is even with the rim; flute the edge, if desired. 
  3. Freeze crust for 30 min. 
  4. Preheat oven to 400°
  5. Place a piece of parchment paper or foil over the pie shell; fill with dried beans or pie weights. 
  6. Place pie plate on a baking sheet on the center rack of the preheated oven; bake until set (about 20 min.).
  7. Remove from oven; remove parchment and beans. Continue baking until crust is light golden-brown (3-5 min. more).
  8. Remove pie plate from sheet pan; set aside on a wire rack to cool. 
  9. Reduce oven temperature to 325°.
  10. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together apple butter, eggs, brown sugar, flour, vanilla and salt until smooth. Whisk in sweetened condensed milk until smooth.
  11. Return pie plate to baking sheet; pour in filling (depending on the depth of your pie plate, you may not need all the filling; do not overfill). 
  12. Bake until edges of filling are set but center of pie is still slightly loose (50-60 min.). If the edge of the crust gets very dark, cover edges only with aluminum foil or a pie shield.
  13. Remove from oven; set aside on a wire rack to cool. 
  14. Serve at room temperature or slightly warm; top with whipped cream.

CINNAMON WHIPPED CREAM: In a medium mixing bowl, use an electric mixer or balloon whisk to whip 1 ½ cups heavy cream until soft peaks almost form. Whisk in ⅓ cup sugar and ½ tsp. ground cinnamon just until dissolved. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. Makes about 3 cups.