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Old-Fashioned Apple Pie
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This Martha Stewart apple pie recipe features a buttery pastry crust encasing a filling of Granny Smith apples tossed with butter, sugar, and spices.
Total Time
Servings12
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Caloriesper servingIngredients
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- Pate Brisee (Pie Dough)
- 12 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 0.75 cup sugar, plus additional for pie top
- Zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
- 0.5 teaspoon nutmeg
- Pinch ground cloves
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 large egg, beaten
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven and roll dough: Heat oven to 375°F. On a lightly floured surface, roll out pâte brisée into two 1/8-inch-thick circles to a diameter slightly larger than that of an 11-inch plate.
- 2Fit dough into pie plate: Press one pastry circle into the pie plate. Place the other circle on waxed paper, and cover with plastic wrap. Chill all pastry until firm, about 30 minutes.
- 3Make filling: In a large bowl, combine apples, sugar, lemon zest and juice, spices, and flour. Toss well.
- 4Place filling in pie plate: Spoon apples into pie pan. Dot with butter.
- 5Place remaining pastry over filling: Cover pie with remaining pastry circle to create top crust.
- 6Cut vents in top crust and crimp edges: Cut several steam vents across top. Seal by crimping edges as desired.
- 7Brush crust with egg: Brush with beaten egg, and sprinkle with additional sugar.
- 8Bake: Bake until crust is brown and juices are bubbling, about 1 hour. Let cool completely on wire rack before serving.