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American
Classic Apple Pie Dessert
95 min total40 prep55 cook8 servings380 cal
HardVegetarianClassicContains glutenContains dairyContains egg
Double-crust apple pie with cinnamon-spiced fruit and a flaky all-butter pastry. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream for a timeless American dessert.
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Ingredients
8servings
pantry
- 2.5 cupall-purpose flour
- 0.75 cupgranulated sugar
- 0.25 cupbrown sugar
- 1.5 tspground cinnamon
- 0.25 tspground nutmeg
- 1 tspsalt
dairy
- 1 cupunsalted butter
- 1egg
other
- 0.5 cupice water
produce
- 6Granny Smith apples
- 1 tbsplemon juice
Steps
- Pulse flour, salt, and cold butter until pea-sized; drizzle ice water until dough holds, divide in two discs, and chill 1 hour.
- Peel, core, and slice apples; toss with sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice.
- Roll one disc into a 12-inch round and line a 9-inch pie plate; fill with apples.
- Roll the second disc, place over filling, trim, crimp edges, and cut steam vents.
- Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle lightly with sugar if desired.
- Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 20 minutes, then reduce to 375°F (190°C) for 30–35 minutes until golden and bubbling.
- If edges brown too fast, tent with foil.
- Cool on a rack at least 2 hours.
- Slice into wedges and serve warm or at room temperature.
- Store covered at room temperature up to 2 days.
Tips
- Toss apples with sugar and let sit so juices release, then drain lightly.
- Chill the dough before rolling for flakier layers.
- Cut vents in the top crust so steam escapes.
- Cool at least 2 hours before slicing for clean wedges.
