Home made apple pie recipe anyone??? About This Page:

[scarlettsmom]

I need a new apple pie recipe for this year. I have tried several the last few years and they were just ok. I took over the challenge when my grandmother died so I need to raise the bar more. Any one have a great recipe? BTW, I use premade crust so I just need the pie insides and time/temp recipe if you are typing it

[disney_duke]

Filling: (I used all Macintosh. Granny smith is popular, but pretty tart. Try 2-3 different varieties of apples just for fun!)

6-7 apples, washed, peeled and sliced thin. (7-8 for a 10 inch pie plate) (by the way, if you cut the apples ahead of time, mix in a few TBSP of lemon juice so they don’t turn brown. Or just wait to slice them until you’re ready for them.)
½ C sugar
¼ C brown sugar
¾ tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 TBSP flour

Topping:

¾ C firm packed brown sugar
¾ C flour
½ tsp nutmeg
Dash cinnamon
1/3 C cold butter


1. Pre heat oven to 415. Yes, 415.
2Get the topping ready – mix together brown sugar, flour, nutmeg, and dash of cinnamon. Using that pastry blender again, cut butter into mixture until those coarse crumbs form. Again. Set bowl aside.
3.Mix the filling – just mix apples and everything together. Spoon into crust. ** IMPORTANT – add dollops of butter equaling about 2 TBSP over the apples.**
4.Sprinkle apples evenly with the topping.
5.Bake at 415 for 27 minutes, then increase temperature to 425 for about 10 more minutes. But keep an eye on it so the topping/crust doesn’t burn. If it starts to get too dark, cover it with foil. The crust should be a nice light brown.
6.Cool it completely before cutting to avoid it getting too juicy. Enjoy!!!!

[KathyL]

Apple Crumb Pie

Crumb

1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pinch of ground cloves
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces and chilled

Filling

6 Golden Delicious apples (2 3/4 pounds), peeled, cored and cut into dice sized pieces
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of ground cloves
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar

1. Arrange a rack in the lowest slot of oven. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare pie crust or store bought crust to fit in a 9-inch pie plate. Refrigerate until ready to use.
2. Crumb Combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and cloves in bowl. Rub in butter with fingertips until crumbly.
3. Filling In large bowl, toss together apples, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and cloves.
4. Spoon filling into pie shell. Top filling with crumb topping. Place on foil lined baking sheet.
5. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees; bake for 30 minutes more or until fruit is tender. Loosely tent pie with aluminum foil during last 20 minutes. Let cool for 1 1/2 hours. Pie can be made a day ahead. Cover pie and store at room temperature. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

*I got this recipie from the November 1, 2009 issue of Family Circle magazine. It is delicious (I have made it twice) and got rave reviews at a fall bake-off we had at work. Enjoy!

[AmyJune]

6 or 7 apples – sliced, peeled and cored ( I use Granny Smith Apples)

¾ cup sugar (or Splenda) (or splenda brown sugar if you like caramelly pies)

2 Tablespoons of All Purpose Flour

1/8 teaspoon Nutmeg *

¼ teaspoon Cinnamon*

1 teaspoon of Lemon Juice (optional) I only use this if I don’t have Granny Smith Apples it just takes the sweetness out. It also keeps the apples from turning brown.

1 Tablespoon Butter (or so) (optional – I just think it gives it a richer flavor)

Put the cut apples in a big bowl. Add the other ingredients, except the butter. Stir to coat all the apples. I usually do this before I make the pie crust so that I can guage how juicy the apples are going to be to see if I’ll need more flour. If I’m using the pre-made pie crust I just let it sit for 15 minutes or so. Put the apples in the pie crust and place small dabs of butter at random on top of the apples. Put on the top crust and be sure to put slits in it.
* to taste: I use a lot more cinnamon than it calls for because I like cinnamon.

For the top crust I usually use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes and lay them on top of the apples. I've used apple shapes or leaves or hearts or snowmen. Just make sure you leave a bit of room for the apples to vent. Brown sugar and more butter will make it richer and more caramelly (if that's a word).