Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

By Molly Watson

Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

Photo © Molly Watson

This basic, Old-Fashioned Apple Pie is a delicious way to use a pile of apples (truth is, this pie is tasty enough to warrant buying apples especially for it!). Look for variations (Apple-Pear Pie, Apple Ginger, Apple Streusel Pie, Cardamom Apple Pie, Cheddar Apple Pie, Dutch Apple Pie, and Spicy Apple Pie) at the end of the recipe, or find simple ways to dress up any apple pie at Easy Add-Ins to Apple Pie. Make your pie as pretty as can be with this Guide to Pie Crimping.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 pie crusts (I like to make a double batch of Flaky Pie Crust for this pie)
• 5 to 6 good baking apples, such as McIntosh
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 - 2 Tbsp. flour, cornstarch, or instant tapioca to thicken the juices (optional)
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/16 tsp. ground cloves (optional)
• 1/16 tsp. ground all-spice (optional)
• 2 Tbsp. butter

Preparation:

1. Roll out crusts, if necessary. Wrap one crust in plastic wrap and chill. Line pie pan 
2. bottom with one crust, cover with plastic wrap, and chill until apples are ready.
3. Quarter, core, peel, and chop apples. Put apples in a large bowl with the lemon 
4. juice and toss thoroughly. Sprinkle apples with sugars, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, 
5. salt, cloves, and all-spice. Toss until apples are thoroughly and evenly coated with 
6. the syrupy sauce that forms as you toss them.
7. Preheat oven to 450°F. Pour apples into the crust-pined pie pan and dot with 
8. butter. Place second crust on top, trim edges, and crimp edges as you like. Cut 
9. several vents in the top crust and decorate with crust cut-outs, if you like.
10. Place pie pan on a large rimmed baking sheet. Bake for ten minutes. Reduce 
11. heat to 350°F and bake until pie is well browned and bubbling inside, about 50 
12. more minutes. Let cool thoroughly (at least 1 hour) before cutting.

Makes one Old-Fashioned Apple Pie, about 8 servings.