Apple Pie is a classic American dessert perfect for the holidays made with cinnamon, apples, brown sugar and a beautiful lattice crust.
As the cooler weather approaches, it’s time to start making everything apple: Apple Fritter Casserole, Southern Fried Apples, Ultimate Apple Crisp, and of course homemade Apple Pie are just some of the delicious desserts you can make with this year’s Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, and Fuji apples.
APPLE PIE
If you want a delicious new classic Apple Pie recipe for the holidays, or just for a cold night, this is a great one to try, especially if this is your first time trying a lattice top crust. They’re incredibly easy to make, so don’t be intimidated by how complex they look, plus the nice thing about this kind of crust is that you don’t have to cut slits into it to vent.
If you’re not in the mood for the lattice crust, skip it! Use a normal crust on top or make an Apple Crumb Pie!
With such a fancy looking top crust, this Apple Pie is perfect for dressing up on a fancy pie plate for a festive occasion. And don’t worry, the steps below will walk you through the lattice crust recipe.
To make the apple filling, you need to make a simple sauce from butter, flour, water, and white and brown sugar. Once you’ve done this, chop your apples into thin slices and toss them in ground cinnamon. Then, take the bottom crust and put it in the pie pan and put the apple slices inside. Pour the simple sauce you made over the top, and then it’s time to make the lattice crust.
Serve with a few scoops of Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream and a spoonful of rich, Homemade Whipped Cream.
MORE DELICIOUS PIE RECIPES
Pecan Pie
Apple Crumb Pie
Blackberry Pie
Blueberry Pie
HOW TO MAKE APPLE PIE
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and line pie plate with the first crust then place it into your refrigerator along with the second pie crust.
- To a medium saucepan add the butter on medium heat until melted, then whisk in the flour until combined.
- Whisk in the brown sugar, sugar and water until dissolved, then bring it to a boil.
- Let the mixture cool while you peel, core and thinly slice your apples into a large bowl.
- Toss the apples with the sugar butter mixture and add it to your pie crust.
- Add any remaining sauce in the bottom of the bowl over the apples then make your lattice with the second pie crust and add it over the apple mixture (directions below and above in the post).
- In a small bowl whisk together the egg and water until smooth then brush it over your lattice crust until it is just moistened (you won’t be using all of it).
- Sprinkle the coarse sanding sugar over the lattice crust.
- Bake 15 minutes at the 425 degrees.
- Lower oven to 350 degrees and continue baking for 40 to 45 minutes.
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HOW TO MAKE A LATTICE CRUST
- To make the lattice crust, use a rolling pin to flatten the top crust and then cut the pie dough into long strips.
- Then lay half of them horizontally across the pie filling, making sure that they’re evenly spaced apart.
- Take the other half of the top crust slices and weave them in and out vertically, so that they interlock with the first set of horizontal strips.
- You should have small, square gaps in between the top crust strips so that you can see the pie filling through them.
- You should then brush the top crust with your egg wash, sprinkle some ground cinnamon and coarse sugar over the top, put it in the oven and bake it.
- Once it has cooked to a golden brown color, take it out of the oven and let it sit on a cooling rack or baking sheet until it is cool enough to eat, slightly warmer than room temperature.
MORE APPLE DESSERT RECIPES
Apple Crostata
Apple Crumble
Apple Crisp Quick Bread
Caramel Apple Cobbler
HOW TO STORE APPLE PIE
- Serve: Apple Pie is good stored at room temperature for up to 2 days before it gets too stale to eat. If you’ve cut it already, you should store it covered to keep it from drying out.
- Store: Once your Apple Pie has cooled down to room temperature, you can wrap it in plastic wrap or put it in an airtight container and put it in the fridge. It will be good for up to 4 days before you should throw it out and make a new one.
- Freeze: Apple Pie is good for up to 4 months in the freezer. For the best flavor you should eat it within the first month of making it.
Ingredients
- 1 double pie crust , (9 inch pie crust)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar , packed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 8 medium Granny Smith apples
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon coarse sanding sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and line pie plate with the first crust then place it into your refrigerator along with the second pie crust.
- To a medium saucepan add the butter on medium heat until melted then whisk in the flour until combined.
- Whisk in the brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon and water until dissolved, then bring it to a boil.
- Let the mixture cool while you peel, core and thinly slice your apples into a large bowl.
- Toss the apples with the sugar butter mixture and add it to your pie crust.
- Add any remaining sauce in the bottom of the bowl over the apples then make your lattice with the second pie crust and add it over the apple mixture (directions below and above in the post).
- In a small bowl whisk together the egg and water until smooth then brush it over your lattice crust until it is just moistened (you won't be using all of it).
- Sprinkle the coarse sanding sugar over the lattice crust.
- Bake 15 minutes at the 425 degrees.
- Lower oven to 350 degrees and continue baking for 40 to 45 minutes.
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Yes, made the yummy classic apple pie and it IS yummy! I love apple pie anyway and this is good.
If you’re an apple pie lover, I’ll take this as “high praise” indeed! Thank you for the 5 star rating Dee!
I’ve made this recipe twice, and it was phenomenal both times! Thank you! I was considering making this for my son who is in the field working with CalFire on the wildfires in CA (they’ll let me drop it off at base camp for him). But I’m thinking of a 5” pot pie size pan. Any suggestions on adjusting cook time or temp?
I know your dessert/opportunity to help feed the firefighters is long gone now, but I wouldn’t be able to give you accurate timing without testing it. That’s an awfully big pan, so the depth of it would need to be recipe tested for time. I’m so sorry.
Ingredients list cinnamon but directions omit adding this spice.
Thanks for catching that. I fixed the recipe card to include it.
Too bad the cinnamon wasn’t added to the instructions as my daughter just made this recipe and followed all the steps….no cinnamon added….hopefully it still tastes ok.
I’m not sure what you mean, it’s in step 3? I would serve with ice cream dusted with cinnamon to add some cinnamon flavor to it. Happy Thanksgiving!
I have some left over apples that I needed to use and will be making this apple pie today. So glad I found this recipe. Mine never look as pretty but with these instructions there may be help for me.
I’d love to hear how it turned out!!
Loved it! Not difficult and very tasty.
You glad you liked it! Thanks for the review!
Such a beautiful pie. I love the layers of apples when you slice it too. Totally a classic recipe!
We just went apple picking so I am planning on making this tomorrow! I can not wait!
Oh my goodness, this apple pie is just BEAUTIFUL! Can’t go wrong with the classic apple pie.. can’t wait to try this recipe!
That is the most brilliant apple pie I’ve ever seen. Mine never turns out looking that amazing! Am definitely going to give this recipe a whirl soon!
Thanks for the recipe…
Should the oven temperature be changed between steps 9 & 10 ?
If not – why two different baking times ?
Sorry about that! Looks like the recipe card glitched and left off that instruction. You do lower the oven to 350 degrees at step 10. Thanks for catching that!