Gingerbread Apple Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    FOR THE CRUST
    1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1 teaspoon ground ginger
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 cup margarine, softened
    1 tablespoon molasses
    2 tablespoons cold water
    FOR THE FILLING
    2 lbs granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced (about 8)
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
    1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
    1 pinch ground cloves
    1/4 cup maple syrup
    1 tablespoon canola oil
    2 tablespoons tapioca starch or 2 tablespoons arrowroot
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
    MAKE THE CRUST: Sift together the flour, sugar, spices, salt, and baking powder.
    Add the margarine one tablespoonful at a time and cut in with a pastry cutter, knife, or your fingertips.
    Drizzle hte molasses and water over the dough, mixing with your fingertips until the crumbs of dough begin to cling together.
    Set aside 1/2 cup of the dough. Gather together the rest of the dough and knead it into a ball. Press it evenly into the bottom and sides of a pie pan and bake for 10 minutes.
    MAKE THE FILLING: While the crust bakes, combine in a mixing bowl all the filling ingredients except the tapioca starch.
    Sprinkle the tapioca over the apple mixture and mix until the starch is dissolved.
    ASSEMBLE THE PIE: Fill the pie crust with the apple mixture, and crumble the remaining 1/2 cup of dough over the filling.
    Cover with foil and bake for 20 more minutes.
    Remove the foil and bake 30 minutes more; the filling should be bubbling and the apples should be tender.
    Serve warm or at room temperature.

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