"simple" and simply delicious apple pie

the colony, TX
Updated on Aug 29, 2012

This was the first pie my mom taught me to make. I've tweaked it a million ways over the years, but mom's is the one I always go back to.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Bake
yield 8 (or 6 if PIE LOVERS)

Ingredients

  • 1 package pillsbury pie crusts, or you favorite 2 crust pastry
  • 8 cups thinly sliced granny smith apples, peeled and cored
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • - (or) 1 1/2 teaspoons apple pie spice
  • 3 tablespoons cold butter

How To Make "simple" and simply delicious apple pie

  • Step 1
    Makes a nice 10" pie. Preheat oven to 425
  • Step 2
    Combine apple slices,sugars,flour and spices in a large bowl and mix to cover apple slices completely. Roll out your bottom crust and fit in pie dish leaving 1/2" overhang. moisten edge with water.
  • Step 3
    place apples in bottom crust, dot with cold butter, put on top crust, seal edges and cut slits in top crust.
  • Step 4
    Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, covering edges if browning to much

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Category: Pies
Ingredient: Fruit
Method: Bake
Culture: American

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