Apple Pie in a Bag

Apple Pie in a Bag

8 cups Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced 1 tablespoon orange juice 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 1 9-inch pie shell 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter or margarine 1 teaspoon grated orange zest

Heat oven to 400� F. Toss apples with orange juice, cinnamon, & 2 tablespoons each flour & sugar. Fill pastry shell with apple mixture, mounding in the center. In small bowl, combine remaining flour & sugar; with pastry blender or fork, cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in orange zest. Gather mixture together to make form a soft dough. Flatten small pieces of dough between fingers arrange on top of apple filling. (Dough will not completely cover filling.) Wrap pie in a 30- by 15-inch piece of parchment paper, folding parchment over top of pie making sure it does not touch pie; staple ends of parchment to seal. Set on rack in center of oven bake for 1 hour & 10 minutes. Carefully open parchment and allow steam to escape. Remove pie from parchment cool on wire rack.

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