Classic Apple Pie
With a flaky pastry crust and a cinnamon-spiced filling, this Classic Apple Pie is irresistible. It tastes like it came out of your grandmother’s kitchen! Perfect for an autumn, Thanksgiving or 4th of July dessert, but delicious any time of year.
This is the Best Apple Pie Recipe, so look no further. Your friends and family will inhale their slices and be begging for more! You must add this apple pie to your baking list ASAP!
Perfect Classic Apple Pie
It is once again time for an installment of Two Sweetie Pies, where Danielle, of Hugs & Cookies XOXO, and I each make a recipe from each other’s blogs. My evil blogger twin came out on the day I made this classic apple pie.
The tender double crust and simple apple filling make it the perfect autumn dessert. I knew it would slice much better if I waited until the next day. The hubby came home from work and spotted this cinnamon-scented pastry sitting on the kitchen counter. He leaned over and inhaled. Just then, the evil twin told him it was tomorrow’s dessert.
A slight look of devastation crossed his face until I let him know of the Savarin, a yeasted cake filled with whipped cream and berries, waiting for him in the fridge. I’m not that cruel. It’s the curse of being married to a blogger. There is no sampling until an adequate photo is taken!
A Combination of Fats for the Crust and Apples for the Filling
This was one mouthwatering apple pie. I used a combination of Granny Smith, Golden Delicious and Pink Lady apples for my filling. The mixture of sweet and tart, firm and less firm apples ensures an exquisite taste and texture. Nobody wants their apple filling to be mushy like applesauce!
The crust, made with both butter and shortening, was flaky and tender; and the cornstarch was a perfect thickening agent. Sometimes my filling tends to ooze out of its pastry crust, but not with this classic apple pie recipe. It may not be apple season, but apple desserts are A-OK all year round in my book. Look no further as this is the best apple pie recipe out there!
After you make this classic apple pie, move on to one of these fantastic 25 All-American Apple Desserts! Thanks, Danielle, for another winner!
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Used in This Recipe:
- KitchenAid K 7 Cup Food Processor
- French Rolling Pin
- Silpat Roul’Pat Non-Stick Silicone Mat, 16.5-Inch by 24.5-Inch
- Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Rose’s Perfect Pie Plate with Recipe Booklet
- OXO Good Grips Swivel Peeler
Classic Apple Pie
The BEST apple pie recipe. Recipe courtesy of Hugs & Cookies XOXO
Ingredients
Crust:
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) very cold butter
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/3 cup very cold shortening
- 6 to 8 tablespoons (about 1/2 cup) ice water
Apple Filling:
- 5 cups sliced and peeled apples (I use a combination of baking apples)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon diced butter
- 1 egg mixed with 1 teaspoon water
- Coarse sugar
Instructions
- Dice the shortening and butter. Put the flour, salt, and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to mix. Add the butter and shortening. Pulse 8 to 12 times, till the butter is the size of peas. With the machine running, pour in the ice water and pulse until the dough begins to form a ball. Pour out on a floured board and roll into a ball. Divide the dough in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 425º.
- Make filling by mixing the apples, brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt.
- Roll one ball of dough on a well-floured board into a circle Fold the dough in half, place in a pie pan, and unfold to fit the pan.
- Arrange apples over top crust, dot filling with butter (sprinkle the diced butter over filling), then roll out second half of dough and place over filling. Cut excess dough from perimeter, then flute the edges. Cut a few slits into top crust to vent. Brush crust with egg wash (egg mixed with 1 teaspoon water). Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Place pie on baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350º and bake for 40 more minutes. Use a knife to check if apples are tender; if not continue baking till apples are well cooked. Cover pie with foil at any time if crust is browning too fast.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 578Total Fat: 28gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 506mgCarbohydrates: 76gFiber: 3gSugar: 32gProtein: 6g
57 Comments on “Classic Apple Pie”
OH MY GOODNESS!!! Liz this pie looks to die for! I’m so stealing this recipe come the holidays! 😉
I love these twosweetiepies match-ups! whenever I bake something my husband asks if it’s for us or blogging!
You should have called this the “perfect apple pie”! Scrumptious!
Oh, I love apple pie. I do always use brown sugar and sometimes throw in some raisins, too. My mother used to buy a bushel of apples in the fall and make apple pie and applesauce to keep in the freezer. I can smell it. Must have been hard to hold your husband back!
If this is the result when apples are out of-season, I can’t wait until their time has come. 2 thumbs up!!!
Well it’s apple season down here so this recipe is very timely. I love how you combined a few varieties of apples. I think there’s nothing better than the aroma of an apple pie scented with cinnamon cooking in the oven xx
Always great to re-visit classics!
Right in the first picture I see all the yumness that is inside of this pie. A great slice for me, topped with vanilla ice cream, please!!!
ah, that thickness is perfect! amazing recipe, thank you!
xx
If I looked up apple pie in the dictionary… this is exactly what should be pictured. 🙂 It looks perfect. 🙂
I haven´t made a double crust apple pie in forever. It´s picture perfect Liz! I like the brown sugar in the filling. i think I like it more than regular sugar in as many recipes as I can get away with. You might like this post from King Arthur Flour http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2013/06/21/fruit-pie-filling-no-runs-no-drips-no-errors/
Dear Friend Liz.
Oh my God I have a special passion for apple pie and this pie my friend, is truly provocative. I would eat the whole platter and still ask for more. Delights!! Her husband is privileged to be able to enjoy many delicacies.
kisses
Classic apple pie, there is just nothing better to me than that and a scoop of vanilla ice cream at a cook out!
Nothing more American than homemade apple pie! Looks perfect Liz 🙂
The apple pie looks divine!
Look at that incredible filling! I need a slice…desperately!
Not just classic but gorgeous too. Looks like I’ll have to bookmark this one for the fall – I just can’t bring myself to turn on the oven with the sweltering heat wave right now.
Liz, this apple pie looks so perfect, color and shape…
Have a lovely week 😀
What a classic, beautifully done apple pie!
Apple pie is one of my all-time favorite desserts and this just looks so beautiful to me, Lizzy. Lovely recipe!