Apple pie is an all around favorite. This popular desert is eaten on holidays, during special events, and even just for fun! In order to learn how to make this delish desert, read on!
Ingredients
- Pie crusts
- Cooking apples (8 cups, pared, cored, quartered, sliced thin)
- Light brown sugar (1/3 cup firmly packed)
- Granulated sugar (1/3 cup)
- Cornstarch (1 tablespoon)
- Ground cinnamon (1 teaspoon)
- Ground nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon)
- Salt (1/4 teaspoon)
- Butter or margarine (2 tablespoons)
- A little milk
- A little more sugar (for top crust)
Steps
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix sugars, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Place apples in a large bowl and sprinkle sugar mixture over apples. Toss gently and let stand for ten minutes or until a little juice forms.
- Prepare pie crusts in a nine-inch pie plate. When trimming edge, leave 1/2 inch overhang.
- Place pile of apple-sugar mixture into bottom pastry/crust and drop in clumps of butter or margarine.
- Moisten overhanging edge of bottom pastry before placing top pastry and trimming overhang to one inch. Press overhanging edges, turning under, to seal them together around the edge of the pie. Then pinch edge to stand up and finish with fluted edges, optional.
- With a sharp paring knife, cut decorative slits in top pastry to allow steam to escape. If you want a crispy top, brush top of pastry with a little milk and sprinkle with some sugar.
- Place pie in preheated oven (425 degrees) and bake for 40 minutes. Pie is ready when apples are tender and juice bubbles through slits of top crust. Watch that edge of crust does not brown too early. Cover edges of crust with narrow strips of foil if necessary.
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