The Best Apple Pie
Who can resist The Best Apple Pie? Decorated with fun fall leaves this is definitely a show stopping pie, perfect way to use up those delicious apples!
Servings: 8
Calories: 381kcal
Ingredients
- 2 premade refrigerated pie crust or your own homemade
- 6-7 apples cored, peeled and sliced thin
- 1 Tbs lemon juice
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 2 Tbs flour
- 2 Tbs butter sliced
- 1 egg whisked
- Decorators sugar coarse sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In pie plate add one of your pie crusts and place into pan and trim any excess from the sides, place in refrigerator.
- Roll out your other crust gently and cut out your leaf shapes using cookie cutters if desired, using a toothpick drawn veins in each of the leaves pressing down gently just to indent them.
- In a large bowl combine your apples and lemon juice and stir.
- Add in your sugar, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and flour and toss to coat.
- Pour into your prepared pie crust.
- Add your butter on top of your filling.
- Place your leaf pieces on top of pie filling in any pattern you desire, making sure to leave some openings for pie to vent.
- Brush your whisked egg over the top of your leaves and sprinkle with decorators sugar.
- Bake for about 50 minutes using crust covers if necessary until golden.
- Remove from oven and serve!
Nutrition
Calories: 381kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 210mg | Potassium: 204mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 190IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1.5mg