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Apple pie with a plated slice beside it on a striped towel.

Apple Pie

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Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Chill Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 8 Servings
Calories: 490kcal
A flaky crust, warm spiced apples, and that first golden slice. This is apple pie the way it’s meant to be.
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Ingredients

Pie Crust Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup cold butter
  • cold water between 1/4 cup and 1/2 cup

Pie Ingredients

  • 6 cups apples sliced, about 5-6 six firm apples
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp allspice optional
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg optional
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp water

Instructions

To Make Pie Dough

  • Mix the flour, salt and sugar together in the bowl of a food processor
  • Cut the cold butter into the flour mix
    Cubes of butter and flour mixture in a food processor bowl.
  • Pulse the food processor to cut the butter into the flour mixture until it looks like crumbs
    Flour mixture with small butter pieces after pulsing in a food processor.
  • Add cold water one spoonful at a time and pulse before adding another spoonful of water
  • You will add between 1/4 and a 1/2 cup of water, just slowly add it one spoonful at a time until the dough is JUST starting to come together
  • Then pulse the machine at that point until the dough comes together, if you don't have it come together in 15-30 second add one more spoonful of water and run it again until the dough clumps up
  • Divide the dough in half and pat each half flat and wrap each disk in plastic wrap
  • Chill for at least an hour

To Make The Pie

  • Preheat oven to 425°
  • Sprinkle a little flour in your pie pan, and set it aside
  • Roll out one pie crust 2 inches bigger than the top of the pie pan and ease it into the prepared pie pan
  • Place the crust in the fridge to chill while preparing the filling
  • Peel the apples and slice them into thin slices
  • Mix the apples, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and flour together
    Bowl of sliced apples coated with cinnamon and sugar.
  • Remove the pie crust from the fridge
  • Pile the filling into the crust and return the pan to the fridge
  • Roll out the remaining pie crust and cut it into 1/2 to 3/4 inch strips
    Pie dough rolled out and cut into long, even strips for lattice topping.
  • Remove the pie pan from the fridge
  • Lay 1 strip on the filling, lay another strip over it going the opposite way
  • Fold the first strip back halfway, lay another parallel to the second strip
    Apple pie filled with cinnamon apples and the first dough strips laid across the top.
  • Fold back the second strip halfway and place a strip across it the opposite way, work slowly forming the lattice, folding back strips, and placing new strips across as needed
    Fully woven lattice pie crust ready to bake.
  • Use a little water to seal the strips together where they meet each other around the edge of the pan
  • Trim any excess crust
  • Chill the pie for 5 minutes
  • Mix the egg yolk with the water and brush it over the crust
    Lattice-topped apple pie brushed with egg wash before baking.
  • Bake at 425°F for 55 to 65 minutes or until the apples are tender and the crust is golden brown
    Golden lattice-top apple pie on a red-checkered cloth.

Notes

A mix of sweet and tart apples gives the pie the best flavor and texture.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 490kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 85mg | Sodium: 627mg | Potassium: 183mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 793IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 2mg