My Grandmothers Apple Pie
From bondc 16 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 4
My grandmother's recipe. Pie crust has an undeserved reputation as being difficult to make. It isn’t. But there are important points that aren’t usually included in recipes, so I’ll include them below. You may use a vegetable shortening, or you may use half lard (or shortening) and half butter, though the crumb will be shorter. Read more Do not try to make a pie crust with all butter; if you want to use all butter, go with a short crust instead. Too much fat makes the crust shrink when you bake it (if you’ve ever used those pre-made crusts from the store, they always shrink because they contain too high a proportion of fat). Too much flour will make your crust tough, which most people know. But too much water will also make your crust tough — and most people use too much water. The überprinciple here is handle the dough as gently and as little as possible! See less
Ingredients
- 1 recipe pie crust shopping list
- 5-6 tart apples (Granny Smith preferred) shopping list
- 1/2 c. each: dark brown and white sugar shopping list
- 1 1/2 t. cinnamon shopping list
- 4 T. butter shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Make the filling first. Peel, core, and slice the apples (no thicker than a half-inch). Add the sugar and cinnamon, and mix thoroughly.
- Make the crust. When you have the bottom crust in the pan, add the filling. Be careful not to get filling on the edges of the pan — and yes, it looks like way too much (the apples will cook down). Cube the butter and tuck into filling. Cover with the top crust, seal, and place on a baking sheet (assume it will overflow). Bake for 50 minutes to an hour, until the crust is golden brown.
- The ideal accompaniment is cinnamon ice cream (add lots of cinnamon to your favorite vanilla ice cream recipe), but a good vanilla is great too.
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Thank you for the pie recipe. I wish you'd add your favorite crust recipe someday. I'd love to try it! Thank you for your recipe! Apple pie is good at any time of the day!
annieamie
in Los Angeles loved it
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