Best Apple Pie Recipe
On the hunt for an amazing old fashioned apple pie recipe? Look no further than this option.
Ingredients
- Double crust for 9” pie
- 6–7 cups apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2–3 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 cups water
- 3 Tablespoons butter (optional)
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- sauce pan
- Paring knife
- 9” Pie Plate
- Rolling pin (for the crust)
Instructions
- Mix sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together.
- Toss with apples in a large saucepan until apples are well coated.
- Add water and lemon juice.
- Stir while heating over medium heat until mixture thickens and begins to bubble.
- Stir in butter until melted.
- Pour into prepared pie shell, and top with second half of shell.
- Bake at 350º for 45 minutes, or until crust begins to turn brown on the edges.
Enjoy!
Additional note: I tried using lard in the pie crust pictured here, and I have never had a gluten-free crust that was so hard to roll out! My goodness, forget making a lattice top, it was all I could do just to make a phony lattice! I might as well have used the quick and easy pie crust recipe. In other words, stick to butter, or even coconut oil – lard is no bueno for pie pastry
Notes
Note on the pie crust: For gluten-free pie, I recommend a double batch of pretty tasty pie crust – it’s the best I’ve ever used by far! Or, just use your favorite recipe.
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