SWISS APPLE PIE RECIPES

Steps:

• Make crust: Place flour and butter into freezer for 30 minutes before starting crust process. In a large food processor, pulse flour, sugar, and salt until combined. Add butter and pulse until pea-sized and some slightly larger pieces form. With the machine running, add vinegar, then ice water into feed tube, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough starts to come together and is moist but not wet and sticky (test by squeezing some with your fingers). Mixture will be crumbly. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface, form into 2 equal size balls, and flatten into disks (making sure there are no/minimal cracks). Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until dough is very cold, at least 2 hours or up to overnight. On a lightly floured surface, roll out one disc of dough into a 12” circle. Drape over pie dish and gently press to fit (don’t stretch). Refrigerate 30 minutes or freeze 10 minutes. In a large bowl, toss apple slices with lemon juice, sugar, flour, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt until well combined. Transfer apple mixture into the crust-lined pie dish. Dot all over with butter. Preheat oven to 425º with a large baking sheet on the middle rack and lightly grease a 9”-x-1.5” pie dish with cooking spray. Roll out second disc of dough into a 12” circle and drape over apple filling, trim edges to 1”, tuck overhang up and over itself, and crimp edges.  Brush with egg wash and make six 2” slots in the center. Sprinkle with coarse sugar. Place pie onto preheated baking sheet and bake 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 375º and bake until golden and bubbly, 40 minutes more. (If edges begin to look dark, cover with foil.) Let cool on a wire rack at least 2 hours before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
• Unroll crescent dough sheet on work surface; press into 14x8-inch rectangle. Cut into 4 (7x4-inch) rectangles. (If using crescent dinner rolls, separate into 4 rectangles, and press seams to seal.) Top 2 of the rectangles evenly with the ham and cheese pieces, up to within 1/4 inch on the long edges of dough. Top each with the remaining 2 dough rectangles.
• Cut each rectangle crosswise into 8 strips, about 3/4 inch wide. Twist each strip a couple of times, and place on cookie sheets, pinching and pressing down on ends of each dough strip to seal. Replace any ham and cheese pieces that may come out, if necessary.
• Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.