My apples have been picked and its time to make some good old homemade apple pie. I may never come close to my Grandma’s delicious baking which was all done in her old wood burning stove. It was incredible how Grandma could bake bread, cakes, and pies in her wood burning oven. How did she know the temperature things were baking at?
Grandma's Old Fashioned Apple Pie
Ingredients
- For Filling
- 8-10 apples peeled and sliced
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp Minute tapioca
- For Pie Crust
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 cup butter chilled
- 1/2 cup lard chilled
- 5-7 tbsp ice cold water
Instructions
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For the Pie Crust
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Mix together flour, 1 1/2 tsp. sugar and 1 tsp. salt.
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Using pastry blender, blend together chilled butter, lard and flour until crumbly (pea size chunks).
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Start by blending 4 tablespoons of ice cold water into the flour/butter/lard mixture.
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Add more water a tablespoon at a time until mixed and dough sticks together when pressed. Don't make too wet, just enough water to have dough come together.
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DO not overmix or your pie crust will be tough.
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Divide in half, cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
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While dough is chilling, in large bowl toss together apple slices, white and brown sugar, tapioca and cinnamon.
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Roll out pie dough to make two crusts that cover pie plate with about an inch excess.
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Place one in bottom of pie plate.
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Pile high with apple mix, cover with other pie crust, seal edges, cut slits for venting.
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Sprinkle top with white sugar and cinnamon.
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Bake 350 for about 1 - 11/2 hours until top is golden brown. Cover edge with a pie shield or foil if edge starts to brown too much while baking.
Recipe Notes
-Make sure your butter, lard and water are well chilled before starting!!
-Use more or less sugar depending on how tart your apples are.
-Put foil on bottom of oven in case pie leaks, change out tin foil if needed.
These pie shields are terrific to avoid the edges of your pie crust from over browning. I place mine on about half way into baking time. Click here to purchase.
These pictures are amazing! Makes me want to have some of that pie. Awesome Job!
Thanks Michelle, I picked a lot of nice sized apples off my tree this year, so I need some more apple recipes, got any good ones?
Wow looks delish! I am so going to make this lol. BTW, I am your newest blog folower.
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Looks wonderful. New Superbowl tradition.
That’s a great Sheri, we always need another reason to bake up an apple pie!
This looks absolutely delicious! I will attempt this recipe and make it for my family on Easter! 🙂
Apple pie will be an awesome Easter dessert for your family!
What kind of apples did you use?
Hi J , the apples I used came off my very own apple tree that was a special graft of tree, so not sure variety but they are very similar to a macintosh apple.
Making this today just scared about making the crust. Never made one before
The crust is simple to make, just don’t overwork the dough. I’ve always had a problem with my pie dripping as I bake it, then burning to bottom of oven, so make sure you have tin foil (fold to make sure it has edges so drips don’t just run off) and replace with new foil if it starts to burn on and smoke.
I WANT TO USE MAC APPLES, WILL THEY WORK FOR APIE?
McIntosh apples are perfect! one of my favourite apples for baked desserts.
looks delicious gonna make on today, ty
BTW i live in McIntosh country in upstate New York Several apple orchards around me
You are so lucky, one of my favourite apples are McIntosh!
How do you keep the bottom pie crust from becoming soggy??
Hey Edie, I find that varies with type of apples used. I actually don’t mind bottom crust being a bit soggy, but if you don’t you can always toss a tablespoon of minute tapioca or flour with the apples before filling pie crust. I will add that to recipe instructions.