Apple Pie
A traditional apple pie that combines tart apples with cinnamon, nutmeg, and a small amount of lemon. Can be served warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.Based on a recipe from The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook, Zoe Coulson, Hearst Books, New York, 1980, p 346.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- Standard Pie Pastry for 2-Crust 9 inch pie
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons unbleached flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 8 - 9 cups thinly sliced, peeled, cored Granny Smith apples about 2 1/2 pounds or 5 large to 6 medium
- 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
Optional for Serving
- vanilla ice cream or whipped cream
Instructions
- Place oven rack in middle position and preheat to 425°F. Cover a rimmed baking pan that is wider than pie plate with foil and place on a rack below the one in the middle position, to protect oven from overflowing pie juices.
- In large bowl, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon peel. Add sliced apples and then lemon juice. Stir well to combine.
- Prepare pastry. Roll out half of pastry and line 9-inch pie plate. Arrange apple mixture evenly in pastry-lined pie plate.
- Roll out remaining pastry for top crust, make vent holes by using a fork or cut out decorative designs. Place top crust over filling. Trim overhanging dough leaving about a half inch all the way around. Use fingers to form a fluted edge. Brush the top crust (not the edge) lightly with some milk.
- If freezing, stop here. Wrap tightly and place in freezer.
- To prevent the edge from browning too soon, wrap with a 2 - 3 inch strip of aluminum foil. Bake pie for 35 minutes then remove foil protecting the edge. Bake 5 - 15 minutes longer. Juices should be bubbling out of cracks and top crust should be golden. The apples should be tender.
- Allow pie to rest about 15 minutes before serving. Best served warm. Can be served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Notes
To bake frozen pie, preheat oven to 425 degrees F, unwrap pie, protect edge with foil, and bake frozen approximately 65 - 70 minutes.
When entertaining, to warm up a pie baked earlier in the day, preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Heat pie in oven for about 20 minutes.