This really is the best apple pie recipe. Once you make it, you will keep it safe in your recipe folder, I guarantee it. Full of the best apple pie filling and baked in a flaky buttery pie crust, this easy pie recipe is a family favorite and is at every holiday meal.
Traveling the last two weeks brought me to NYC to attend The Social Good Summit and last weekend I was in lovely Atlanta, GA to attend the Type-A Conference as part of the photography team. This weekend is set aside to spend time with our oldest who is home from college, and I'm sure he would love to have some apple pie.
This really is the best apple pie recipe…once you make it, you will keep it safe in your recipe folder, I guarantee it. You might also like to check out my post that has this recipe as well as a recipe for apple crisp and some great kitchen tips.
If you love everything apples, I also have a great recipe up for Apple Cider Doughnuts! They. Are. YUMMY!
Enjoy your weekend and get ready for Monday…cause we are going to hit the ground running!
P.S. I'm curious – Do you use a pie crust shield when baking pies? Leave a comment and let me know!
The Best Apple Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 cups sliced apples about 6 medium-large** I like to bake with Macintosh, Cortland, and Granny Smith combination.
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 2 Tbsp butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon & nutmeg.
- Peel, core, and slice apples. Place in a separate bowl.
- Pour flour mixture on top of apples and gently stir to fully incorporate. Let sit for 2-3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare 2 pie crusts for 9" pie plate or use store pie crust (available in the dairy section).
- Place 1 prepared crust in pie plate.
- Cut 1 Tablespoon Butter into 1/4 and place in the bottom of the pie crust (along the edge).
- Top with apple filling mixture.
- Cut the remaining Tablespoon of butter into 1/4 and dot the top of the apple mixture with butter pieces.
- Top filling with second pie crust.
- Trim extra dough along the edge.
- Pinch both crusts together to seal. Make 4 small cuts on top of the crust to vent.
- Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- Let cool before cutting.
Kelly!! I made my first apple crisp last night and it was amazing! I was thinking of you all the way! This pie sounds fantastic!
Apple crisp is a true fall favorite!! 🙂 Yes! The pie is awesome…best part is if you have a ton of apples, you can freeze the filling for later!
I love the addition of cinnamon sprinkled on the crust. The more cinnamon the better. Pinning this recipe for Thanksgiving!
Thanks Susi! I don’t remember when I started sprinkling with cinnamon, but it adds just enough to the flavor! 🙂 Thanks for the pin!
–Okay, seriously,
I smell this all the way over here in Minnesota 🙂 YUmmmm.
You will LOVE it!!!