Molasses Apple Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and ginger in a bowl.
• Add apples and toss to coat.
• Add molasses and toss.
• Smooth one of the crusts into a 9-inch pie plate.
• Spoon apple mixture into the crust.
• Dot with butter.
• Place second crust on top, cut vents, and crimp the edges together.
• Place the pie on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 375°F.
• Bake 60 minutes more or until the apples are tender and the filing is bubbly. (If the crust is browning too quickly, cover the top loosely with foil.).
• Cool pie on a wire rack for 1 hour.

Steps:

• Mix the molasses, water, lemon juice and salt in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add the sliced apples and simmer until the apples are tender.
• remove the apples from the syrup.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan, and blend in the flour.
• Pour this into the hot syrup and simmer, stirring constantly until the syrup is smooth and thick.
• Fold the apples into the syrup.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Make Pastry for 2 crust 9 inch pie by mixing shortening, salt, and flour with a fork until crumbly.
• Add 5 tablespoons water and mix well, adding more water if too dry.
• Form into a ball.
• Roll out half of it and line the pie pan, letting it hang over the edge about 1 inch.
• Fold the extra pastry over toward the middle and flute the edges with your fingers for a built up rim.
• Roll out the rest of the pastry, and cut into narrow strips for a lattice top.
• Spoon the apple syrup mixture into the pastry lined pan.
• Arrange 7 or 8 strips over the top.
• trim the ends, moisten, and press into the rim.
• Lay more strips over them.
• leaving a diamond shaped spaces, and trimming, moistening and pressing into the edge like the first ones.
• Bake the pie at 425 degrees for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Bring the apple cider, apple juice, cinnamon sticks, whole clove, white sugar, and brown sugar to a boil in a large pot; reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely.
• Stir the grain alcohol and vanilla vodka into the cooled mixture. Pour into bottles and refrigerate.