Old-fashioned Apple Pie
From chefjeb 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Sometimes you just want a basic old-fashioned recipe with no cutesy stuff. This is a just that, a classic old-fashioned apple pie the way grandmother used to make it. The ultimate comfort food.
Ingredients
- Pastry for 2 crust pie shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 2tbs flour shopping list
- 1 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 1/4 tsp fresh grated nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- About 7 cups sliced peeled apples (about 2 1/2 lbs) shopping list
- 2 tbs butter (no margerine) shopping list
How to make it
- Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Blend spices, set aside
- Place pastry into 9 inch pie pan
- Peel and core apples and slice about 1/4 inch thick
- Mix spices through apples
- Heap into pie shell. apples should be in a large mound as they will shrink while cooking. If not enough apples, add more.
- Dot with butter
- Place top shell over apples and flute edges
- Cut vent holes. You can cut little triangles or diamonds, or whatever. use cut out pieces to decorate crust.
- Bake in 425 degree oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until crust is browned and apples are tender.
- Note: Use a cooking apple such as Granny Smith.
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
I was looking for my grandmother's pie recipe to share at a family reunion. Nobody ever wrote it down. I knew the ingedients, but not the measurements. This is it. And there is nothing any better. Thanks for posting in response to my message.
ramlynrose
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ummmm I need a nice slice of cheddar with this!
helewes
in Newton loved it
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I made this for Thanksgiving and it was so good I'm making it for Christmas! Thank you!!!!
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