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Classic Apple Pie

A double butter crust filled with tart and sweet apples, sugar, and cinnamon. Bake it until the filling bubbles in the center, then let it cool so the slice holds.

Prep
35 min
Cook
55 min
Total
1 hr 30 min
Servings
8
Difficulty
Medium
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Apple pie with a golden double crust and a slice pulled out

Why you’ll love it

  • A mix of tart and sweet apples keeps the filling from turning to sauce.
  • Cold butter is the flaky crust. Soft butter makes a mealy one.
  • The filling has to bubble in the center, not just at the edge.
  • Cooling for two hours is what sets the slice.

Ingredients

Servings8

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Stir 2 1/2 cups flour and the salt. Cut in the cold butter until pea-sized bits remain. Add ice water 1 tbsp at a time, just until the dough holds. Divide in half, flatten into disks, wrap, and chill 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    Heat the oven to 400°F. Toss the apples with sugar, 3 tbsp flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice.

  3. 3

    Roll one disk and fit it into a 9-inch pie plate. Add the apples. Dot with 1 tbsp butter. Roll the second disk, lay it over, trim, and crimp. Cut four vents in the top. Brush with the beaten egg.

  4. 4

    Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes. Lower to 375°F and bake 30 to 40 minutes more, until the filling bubbles through the vents and the crust is deep golden. Tent the edge with foil if it gets dark.

  5. 5

    Cool at least 2 hours before slicing.

Pro tips

  • Granny Smith plus Honeycrisp is a reliable mix. All soft apples collapse.
  • If the filling does not bubble in the center, it is not done, even if the crust looks brown.
  • Set the pie on a sheet pan. Juice will drip.

Easy substitutions

nutmeg
a pinch of allspice
egg wash
a brush of milk

Storage and reheating

Storage

Cover and keep at room temperature up to 1 day, then refrigerate up to 3 days more.

Reheating

Warm slices at 325°F for about 15 minutes, or serve at room temperature.

Nutrition

Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.

Calories
410
Protein
4 g
Carbs
58 g
Fat
19 g
Fiber
4 g

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