apple pie

Basic apple pie.

Cooking Time: 1h 45m
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Recipe Category:
apple pie

Ingredients

  • 6-7 cups apples, peeled and sliced (not too thin because they will turn to mush as they cook)  **I prefer to use about half green (granny smith), half red (usually gala) apples
  • 1/2 – 1 cup sugar
  • 1 – 2 tbsp flour
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp lemon zest (optional)
  • 1 to 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 – 3/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • pie crust (store-bought or homemade)

Instructions

  1. Pour lemon juice and zest over apples in a large bowl. Stir to coat.
  2. In a smaller bowl, mix together sugar/flour/salt/nutmeg/cinnamon. Pour over the apples. Stir to coat.
  3. Pour apples into pie pan and pack them tightly. Sprinkle with any remaining sugar mixture/butter cubes. 
  4. Cover with top crust. Press edges down with a wet fork.
  5. Cook at 375* for 45-60 min, until apples are cooked the way you like.

Notes

**Use 1 c sugar for tart green apples, less if using a sweeter variety.

**Cover a cookie sheet with foil and put your pie on it in the oven to catch any juice that boils over, so it doesn’t trash your oven.

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