Five-Star Apple Pie

Five-Star Apple Pie

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
  • Serves: 4-6,Yield: 1.0pie

    • About This Recipe

    “This secret of this decadent apple pie is brewing the sweet mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter and apples before putting it in the oven. You’ll enjoy having this pie in your cooking arsenal.”

    Ingredients

  • 5cupsthinly sliced granny smith apples( , about 4 medium)
  • 1cupbrown sugar
  • 1/4 cupwater
  • 1tablespoonlemon juice
  • 1/4 cupflour
  • 2tablespoonssugar
  • 3/4 teaspoonsalt
  • 1teaspoonvanilla
  • 3tablespoons butter or 3tablespoonsmargarine
  • 1/2 teaspoonnutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspooncinnamon
  • 1pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie

    • Directions

  • Combine apples, brown sugar, water and lemon juice in a pot.
  • Cover and cook over medium heat about five minutes or until the apples are just tender.
  • Mix flour, granulated sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt and stir into apple mixture.
  • Cook, stirring constantly until the syrup thickens- about 2 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and stir vanilla and butter.
  • Heat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Prepare pastry.
  • Turn the apple mixture into the pastry-lined pie pan.
  • Cover with top crust with slits in it; seal and flute.
  • Cover the top of the pie with a 2-3 inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during the last 15 minutes of baking.
  • Bake 40-45 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.

    • Reviews

  • “I definitely give this recipe five stars.It turned out delicious.I added a splash of orange juice to the mix.It turned out wonderfully. The only thing I might change would be to peel the apples first.It simply never occurred to me. We just got a little more fiber with our pie, I guess.”

  • “My 6 year old DD just made this “almost” all by herself.It is really wonderful…made exactly as directed, used fresh gala apples.They were small apples so I used 7 and probably could have added two more.Thanks!!”

  • “I made the pie as directed with the exception of cutting the nutmeg in half, adding an extra 1/4 t of cinnamon and 1/4 t cloves-just personal preference. The filling was perfect- not at all runny. I let it get really thick before taking off the stove. Easy recipe-toughest part is actually getting the filling in the pie-really tempting to just get out the ice cream!”

  • “Super yummy apple pie!!!! made it just how you said and it was perfect. thank you :-)”

  • “My Fiancee made this pie and it came out great.The only thing that I would do differently is add a bit more sugar because it was a little tart for me, but besides that it was a great recipe!!”

  • “This made an apple pie I am proud of! I forgot the butter (my bad but we did not miss it) & doubled the apples, lemon, vanilla & spices. Did not miss the sugar (1 cup brown sugar total). This technique gave me a BEAUTIFUL pie with a full appearance. I have had problems getting enough apples in beneath the top pastry to keep it from looking fallen after cooked – not the case here! The pie tastes great! Mildly sweet, tart & spiced perfectly! Perfect a la mode – today I will try with a slice of sharp cheddar melted on top. Thank you silhouette! This will be on the Thanksgiving sideboard for sure!”

  • “this is the first time that i have ever made an apple pie and had it turn out. i really like the idea of cooking the apples,it made a big difference.after i added the flour mixture, i noticed it wasn’t getting too thick. so i added a little cornstarch mixed with some water and added that to the apples that did the trick for me. for the crust i used half of recipe#45268. this was really good.thank you for posting.”

  • “I never tried cooking the apples first and I it made all the difference! I added some apricots. I’ll make this again!! It doesn’t need any accompaniment!!”

  • “It really deserves 5 stars for taste. But I think its a bit rich for having often. Would be very good with ice cream!”

  • “This tasted very good, but when we made it the filling was a bit runny. We prefer a more firm filling, but it tasted terrific.”

  • “Delicious apple pie recipe, I used Braeburn apples, didnt keep mine in the oven as long.Loved the flavour of the brown sugar and spice mix. Thanks for posting.”

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