We’ve outlined all the ingredients and directions for you to make the perfect Apple Pie. The Apple Pie recipe should make enough food for 8 servings.
You can add your own personal twist to this Apple Pie recipe, depending on your culture or family tradition. Don’t be scared to add other ingredients once you’ve gotten comfortable with the recipe! Please see below for a list of potential bakeware items that might be necessary for this Apple Pie recipe.
Ingredients for Apple Pie
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup very cold water
- 1 lemon, zest finely grated and juiced
- 3 pounds baking apples
- 23 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2-3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg, beaten
Directions for Apple Pie
- Dough: Pulse flour, sugar and salt in a food processor until combined. Add shortening and butter and pulse until it resembles lumpy cornmeal. Beat egg and water together and pulse 2-3 times. Remove blade and bring dough together by hand. Divide in half, shape each into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
- Filling: Add lemon zest and juice to a large bowl. Peel, core and cut apples into eighths. Toss with lemon, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Melt butter in large skillet over high heat. Add apples and cook, stirring until sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Cover, reduce heat to medium and cook until apples are soft and juicy, 15 minutes. Add vanilla, sprinkle flour over fruit and mix evenly. Cool.
- Roll each dough disk on a lightly floured workspace into a 12-in. circle. Layer doughs between parchment paper; refrigerate 15 minutes.
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Line 9-in. pie pan with 1 dough; trim so there is about 1/2 in. over edge. Mound filling slightly in center. Brush rim with some egg. Place other dough on top and trim as needed. Fold top dough under edge of the layer of bottom crust; press and flute to seal. Refrigerate 20 minutes.
- Brush pie with egg and sprinkle with sugar. Cut 6 small slits in top. Bake pie on baking sheet for 15 minutes, then reduce temperature to 375 degrees F. Bake until crust is golden brown, 50 minutes more. Serve.
Bakeware for your recipe
You will find below are bakeware items that could be needed for this Apple Pie recipe or similar recipes. Feel free to skip to the next item if it doesn’t apply.
- Cooking pots
- Frying pan
- Steamers
- Colander
- Skillet
- Knives
- Cutting board
- Grater
- Saucepan
- Stockpot
- Spatula
- Tongs
- Measuring cups
- Wooden Spoon
Categories in this Recipe
- Pie Recipes
- Apple Recipes
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