Best Apple Pie
Classic apple pie with flaky crust, apples, cinnamon, and a caramel sauce.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 526kcal
Ingredients
- 2 9 -inch pie crusts
- ½ cup butter unsalted
- 3 Tablespoons flour
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 7-8 medium Granny Smith apples peeled, cored and sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- Peel, core, and slice apples.7-8 medium Granny Smith apples
- Place one of the pie crusts in a sprayed pie pan. Add apples, creating a mound.2 9 -inch pie crusts
- Prepare lattice design for top pie crust. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Stir to combine and remove from heat and let cool down a bit.½ cup butter, 3 Tablespoons flour, ¼ cup water, ½ cup white sugar, ½ cup light brown sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pour ½ of the sugar and butter liquid over the apples and add the lattice crust on top. Slowly pour remaining sugar mixture over crust, letting it seep into the openings.
- Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft. (Note: place a cookie sheet on the rack beneath the pie in case there is any runoff.)
- Move pie to bottom oven rack if the top crust is getting too done.
Notes
Recipe adapted from the top-rated Grandma Ople's apple pie on AllRecipes.com
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 526kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 302mg | Potassium: 245mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 441IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 2mg