Cinnamon Apple Tart

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 5 tablespoons cold water
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon orange rind, shredded
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 4 apples, granny smith preferred (pared, cored and thinly sliced)
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 combine flour and sugar in a medium bowl.
• 2 cut butter into mixture with a pastry blender or two knives until in coarse crumbs.
• 3 stir in water with fork until mixture forms a ball.
• 4 cover in plastic wrap or waxed paper; chill for an hour or until dough is easy to handle.
• 5 combine brown sugar, orange rind, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir in lemon juice and set to the side.
• 6 roll out pastry one inch wider all around than a 10" tart pan with removable bottom.
• 7 gently ease pastry into pan, pressing onto sides and trim.
• 8 prick bottom and sides of pastry; refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• 9 preheat oven to 425°f.
• 10 bake crust for ten minutes; remove from oven and reduce temperature to 350°f.
• 11 arrange layer of apple slices on bottom of pastry.
• 12 sprinkle with half the brown sugar mixture.
• 13 arrange remaining apple slices in overlapping concentric circles and sprinkle with remaining brown sugar.
• 14 pour butter evenly over the apples.
• 15 bake for an hour.
• 16 cool to room temperature before serving.