Skillet Apple Pie

Name: Skillet Apple Pie
Ingredients: 1 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour (5 ounces/142 grams), plus more for dusting work surface; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 2 tablespoons, vegetable shortening, chilled; 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick), cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 3–4 tablespoons, ice water; 1/2 cup, apple cider (see note); 1/3 cup, maple syrup; 2 tablespoons, fresh lemon juice from 1 lemon; 2 teaspoons, cornstarch; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cinnamon (optional); 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 1/2 pounds (1134 grams), sweet apples and tart apples (about 5 medium), peeled, cored, halved, and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges (see note); 1 , egg white, lightly beaten; 2 teaspoons, sugar

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2008, America's Test Kitchen TV

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SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 30 minutes chilling

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