Perfect Apple Pie calorie counts

Plain Pastry (two crusts for 9" pan)

1 3/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour = 700 calories

1 tsp salt = 0 calories

1/3 cup (5.3 tbsp) sweet butter = 530 calories

1/3 cup (5.3 tbsp) homemade (non-hydrogenated) lard = 477 calories

1/2 cup ice water = 0 calories

TOTAL pastry = 1,707 calories for 8 servings = 213 calories per serving

Filling (about 3 cups)

6 firm, tart cooking apples (Cortland recommended) = 6 x 80 = 480 calories

1/4 cup (4 tbsp) brown sugar = 140 calories

1/2 cup (8 tbsp) white sugar = 120 calories

1/4 tsp salt = 0 calories

1/2 tsp cinnamon = 6 calories

1/4 tsp nutmeg = 12 calories

Lemon juice (1/2 lemon) = 6 calories

1 tbsp sweet butter = 100 calories

TOTAL filling = 864 calories for 8 servings = 108 calories per serving

TOTAL pastry plus filling = 2,571 calories for 8 servings = 321 calories per serving

See "It is satisfying to have a ball of pastry in the refrigerator" for dough recipe, Pie in the sky and Comfort food for pie tips and pics, and "Rendering Lard 2.0" for how to make your own non-hydrogenated lard.

Comments

[Evelyn Wangari]

Wonderful recipes there.