This easy apple pie recipe with pie fillingis a classic dessert everyone will love. Filled with sweet apples and a flaky crust, it's simple to make at home. Your family and friends will totally enjoy this mouthwatering all-American favorite.
2pie crustsrolled into circles a bit larger than your pie plate and chilled
2 ½poundsassorted apples peeledcored, and cut into ¼-inch slices
2tablespoonslemon juice
¼cupgranulated sugar
¼cupdark brown sugar
¼cupall-purpose flour
1Tbspcornstarch
2teaspooncinnamon
¼teaspoonginger. optional
⅛teaspoonground clovesoptional
⅛teaspoonnutmegoptional
⅛teaspoonsalt
1tablespoonunsalted buttercut into small pieces
Topping:
1large eggbeaten
Sanding sugar
Instructions
Have two dough disks rolled out and chilled. Fit one of the dough rounds into a pie plate. Return to the refrigerator while you prepare apple filling. Keep other dough round chilled.
In a large bowl, mix together apples and lemon juice.
In a second bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, flour, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt until well blended. Add to apples and toss to coat. Spread apple mixture evenly into chilled bottom crust. Dot with butter.
Place the remaining pie crust gently on top of apples. Trim off any overhanging dough and pinch the dough into a decorative edge with your fingers, if the two layers of dough are not sticking together brush the bottom edge with a little egg wash.
Cut several large slits or into the top of the crust to vent steam while pie bakes.
Brush the top with egg wash and sprinkle generously with sanding sugar.
Refrigerate assembled pie for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°F and place a baking sheet in the oven upside down.
Bake the pie on the preheated baking sheet for 25 minutes until the crust begins to brown.
Reduce oven temperature to 350°F and bake for an additional 25 minutes, until golden brown, the juices are bubbling, and has an internal temperature of 175°F.
Cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes. Serve at room temperature or slightly warm.
Store leftovers in the refrigerator, covered with plastic wrap.
Notes
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Let the pie cool for 30 minutes before slicing.
Store in the refrigerator for up to three days.
Reheat individual slices in 10-second microwave intervals.