Apple Pie made with fresh Granny Smith green apples with cinnamon and caramel filling in a flaky pie crust.
There is no fall time dessert that matches up to a classic, homemade, fresh Apple Pie. The cinnamon apple aroma that fills the entire house and sitting down with family to cut into a warm pie with some vanilla ice cream is just about perfection.
This particular Apple Pie is very simple and the most difficult part is taking the time to peel and slice the apples. For the top crust, you are open to do whatever you would like. I see so many fancy lattice patterns and braids and all type of fun ways to decorate pies. Be creative and see what you can come up with or keep it simple and classic, just like Apple Pie.
Apple Pie
Let’s get baking!
Peel and slice your apples placing them into a mixing bowl. Preheat the oven and begin the filling. The filling is really simple to make, start with melting your butter on the stovetop, add flour and whisk well until thickened. Add water, whisk again and then add in remaining ingredients. Simmer and whisk vigorously for one minute. Mix most the filling with the apple slices and leave some for a drizzle on top of the pie.
Mix the pie filling and apple slices and add to a pie crust.
For the top of your pie, you can do any design you would like on the crust. Below are photos of a basic lattice design. Once your lattice is complete, add the remaining sauce to drizzle over top and place in oven to bake.
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Apple Pie made with fresh Granny Smith green apples with cinnamon and caramel filling in a flaky pie crust.
Recipe adapted from Audrey’s Apron
Yields: 6 servings
- 7 Granny Smith Apples
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 pie crusts, preferably homemade but we used store bought deep dish crust for today
- Gather ingredients, large bowl, pan, measuring cups, foil, baking sheet, whisk, basic kitchen utensils, pastry wheel or pizza cutter, knife, and cutting board.
- Peel 7 Granny Smith apples, remove core and slice evenly. I recommend the Granny Smith apples because of how tart they are and these apples bake perfectly. Place in large bowl.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Over medium heat on the stove top, melt .5 cups butter. Add 3 tablespoons flour and whisk until thickened. Add the 1/4 cup water, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Whisk until blended and let simmer for a minute.
- Remove mixture from heat and mix with the sliced apples in the bowl and mix well. Set aside a small amount of sauce mixture to put on top of the pie as a drizzle.
- Pour apples into pie crust.
- Using the second pie crust, make a lattice or any other design now to cover over top using the pastry wheel.
- Pour the remaining sauce that was earlier set aside on top of crust and cover pie with foil.
- Put pie into oven for 12 minutes. On the rack below pie, set a baking sheet down to catch any pie drippings.
- After 12 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook 50-60 minutes. I remove the foil the final 15 minutes of cooking to brown the crust nicely.
- Remove pie from oven and let cool.
- Serve with cool whip or vanilla ice cream.
- Preparation time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 62 minutes
Onlygirl4boyz
November 1, 2016 at 1:19 PMThis looks amazing! Apple pie is my favorite recipe for this time of year! I will have to try yours as well! Thanks for sharing!
Ree love30
October 29, 2016 at 3:11 PMI love apple pie with custard! ! Never made my own before but this is easy to follow so I’m going to do it! Ree Love30
Crystal
October 29, 2016 at 3:01 PMThis looks yummy. I’ve never made a pie yet.
Theresa
October 29, 2016 at 1:33 PMThis looks so delicious! I’ve never pulled off an apple pie before, but I might try it if it would be this tasty!
Aaron and Amber
October 29, 2016 at 2:45 PMIts simple, you can do it. The hardest part is really just getting all the apples peeled and sliced.
kage2015
October 29, 2016 at 12:59 PMI could eat a slice of apple pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner, yours looks really delicious. Might have to make one this weekend.
Aaron and Amber
October 29, 2016 at 1:02 PMPie for breakfast is the best. Lol