This classic apple pie has a sweet filling made from sliced apples, warm spices and brown sugar. With my easy pie crust this is the only apple pie recipe you will need.
Apple season is one of my favorite baking seasons ever! I love all the warm yummy flavors that you can create from a single apple. Experimenting with different recipes is always fun, but you can’t go wrong with a classic apple pie recipe! This is my go to apple pie, you don’t have to precook the apples and when paired with my easy pie crust recipe it really can’t get easier!
Apple Pie Ingredients
- 3 pounds of apples – I love honeycrisp apples, but you can’t really go wrong here. I really like to stick with a crisp apple over a soft apple though.
- Brown sugar – this draws out the juices in the apples. The liquid is then cooked down, which ensures that the pie filling doesn’t get watery.
- Flour – mixing this into the filling helps to make sure that the pie filling doesn’t get watery.
- Warm spices and vanilla extract – are added for flavor. I like to stick to basic spices for this recipe which are cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
- Pie crust – you’ll need a bottom and a top crust. My easy pie crust recipe yields 2 pie crusts.
How to make classic apple pie
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Core and slice apples and place into a large bow. You may also peel if you prefer that.
- Add in brown sugar, flour, vanilla extract, lemon juice, salt and spices. Mix to combine.
- Roll out pie crust and place first half into your pie dish.
- Pour apple mixture into prepared pie pan.
- Top apple mixture with the second half of the rolled out dough.
- In a small bowl combine egg and 1 tbsp water. Brush the egg wash mixture on top of the pie crust. This helps to give a nice golden brown color to your pie.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes. If your crust starts to get too brown cover with tin foil to stop the browning process.
- Allow to cool before slicing as this allows all the extra juices to thicken. But to be honest we never can resist cutting into a warm apple pie.
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Classic Apple Pie
This classic apple pie has a sweet filling made from sliced apples, warm spices and brown sugar. With my easy pie crust this is the only apple pie recipe you will need.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds apples I love using honey crisp
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- 1 pie crust
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Core and slice apples and place into a large bow. You may also peel if you prefer that.
- Add in brown sugar, flour, vanilla extract, lemon juice, salt and spices. Mix to combine.
- Roll out pie crust and place first half into your pie dish.
- Pour apple mixture into prepared pie pan.
- Top apple mixture with the second half of the rolled out dough.
- In a small bowl combine egg and 1 tbsp water. Brush the egg wash mixture on top of the pie crust. This helps to give a nice golden brown color to your pie.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes. If your crust starts to get too brown cover with tin foil to stop the browning process.
- Allow to cool before slicing as this allows all the extra juices to thicken. But to be honest we never can resist cutting into a warm apple pie.
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