Apple Pie Recipe - The Simple Way!

The First Step to Easy Apple Pie is the Pie Crust

Apple Pie Crust Tips

• Buy Your Crust. You can purchase pie crust two basic ways - already in a disposable pie pan and the rolled out kind that you need to put in the pie pan. I buy both. That way I don't need to handle crust other than putting it on top of the apples.
• Crust Mix. I've never used these. It's simply much easier to buy the crust already made. But I see a lot of people buying them in the store so it must work out pretty well for them.
• From Scratch. I've made good pie crust, I've made terrible pie crust. The thing is - I never know which one it will be. One time, my crust came out like one giant cracker. It most definitely wasn't flaky!

How to Make Apple Pie

Apple Pie Recipe and Assembly

1. Slice the apples. Don't slice them too small, otherwise they will cook down into a mush. Happened to me once. I may as well have poured apple sauce into pie crust.
2. Put apples in a mixing bowl. Add lemon juice (about a tablespoon). Stir in about one tablespoon flour.
3. Throw in a few handfuls of sugar and some cinnamon. I don't measure. I don't know if I'll want a sweet pie that day, more cinnamon, less cinnamon. Shoot for about a 1/2 a cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon. (If you really must measure, those measurements will work).
4. Stir it all together with a wooden spoon and pour it into the pie shell.
5. Plop the top shell over the pie and close the ends with a fork (or just pinch it, it doesn't matter). Trim the excess dough off the edges.
6. Poke at the pie with your fork all over the top so it can ventilate.
7. Bake at 400 degrees until the pie crust is golden. This usually takes about 30 - 40 minutes.
8. Take it out of the oven and let it cool for at least fifteen minutes before cutting into it. I usually let it cool down for longer. You can always reheat it it after you cut it!