homemade apple pie
we're making the crust too
- prep
- 30 min
- cook
- 1 hr 5 min
- total
- 2 hr 35 min
- serves
- 8
intro
apple pie season 🍎🥧
ingredients
crust
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 sticks (16 tbsp) cold unsalted butter, cubed
- ½ cup cold water
filling
- 8 medium apples, peeled + thinly sliced
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- pinch of salt
for assembly
- egg wash, for brushing
- vanilla ice cream, for serving
let's make it
- 01
in a large bowl, mix together flour + salt for the pie crust
- 02
add the cold cubed butter and use two butter knives or your fingers to work it into the flour until the mixture is crumbly with pebble-sized pieces of butter
- 03
gradually add the cold water, mixing until the dough just comes together. use your hands to form it into a ball
- 04
divide the dough into 2 equal halves, wrap + refrigerate for at least 1 hour
- 05
while the dough chills, add apples, flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice + salt to a Dutch oven. mix, then cook over medium-low heat for ~15 minutes, stirring occasionally. remove from heat and let cool slightly
- 06
preheat oven to 400°F
- 07
roll out one half of the chilled dough and fit it into a pie dish for the bottom crust
- 08
spoon the apple filling into the prepared crust
- 09
roll out the second half of the dough and arrange over the filling. seal + crimp the edges and cut a few vents in the top
- 10
lightly brush the crust with egg wash
- 11
bake at 400°F for ~50 minutes, until the crust is deeply golden and the filling is bubbling
- 12
let cool before slicing, then serve with vanilla ice cream
notes
- — a mix of apple varieties works best here.
