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The Best Apple Pie Recipe

This is truly the best apple pie recipe you will find. Made with juicy apple filling cooked in butter and cinnamon and added to a flaky pie crust, this is the ultimate dessert!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword apple pie, baking, butter, cinnamon, crisco, crust, desserts, flour, holiday, pie
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Calories 143kcal
Author Kelly Pugliano

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.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Servings | Calories: 143kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 33mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 25g