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Place the flour and salt in the food processor.
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Add the pieces of butter (or shortening) and briefly pulse for 5 to 10 seconds or until the mixture looks like coarse meal.
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Add the ice water spoonful by spoonful, pulsing briefly a second or two after each addition until the dough just holds together.
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Empty the dough out onto a lightly floured hard surface and shape the dough into a flat disk.
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Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a minimum of one hour.
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Roll out the dough into a circle with a thickness of about 1/8 of an inch.
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Center the dough in a 9 inch tart or pie pan.
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Preheat the oven to 375u00b0F.
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Peel the apples, remove the cores, and slice thinly.
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Mix the apple slices together with the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
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Pour the apples into the prepared pie crust.
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Dot the apples with butter.
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Trim the edges of the pie with a sharp knife.
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In a food processor, mix the flour, brown sugar and butter together until crumbly.
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Stir in the walnuts and spoon the topping over the apples in the prepared pie crust.
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Bake the tart for about 45 to 50 minutes, or until the crust is light brown and the apple filling is bubbly.
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Cool for at least 15 minutes and serve.
