Easy Homemade Apple Pie (Simple From Scratch Recipe)
Whip up this delicious Easy Homemade Apple Pie (Simple From Scratch Recipe). This is a homemade pie filling that is bursting with warm spices and tender apples.
Prepare a double pie dough recipe ahead of time. Refrigerate for 1 hour to 3 days. Roll out one dough on a floured surface into a 12-inch diameter circle using a rolling pin.
Fit dough into a 9-inch pie dish. Trim excess dough. Chill pie crust in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven temperature to 425℉.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk for 1 minute. Add water and sugars, boil, then simmer.
Off heat, whisk in vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
Prepare fresh apples: Peel, core, and slice. Toss with lemon juice. Mix spices and salt in a separate bowl, then sprinkle over apples. Combine with cooled sauce.
Roll the second dough for the top crust into a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Cut into 8-10 strips for lattice. Add apple filling to the crust, and arrange dough strips in a lattice pattern.
Trim excess dough and crimp edges. Create an egg wash and brush over the crust. Sprinkle with Turbinado sugar.
Bake at 425℉ for 15 minutes, then at 350℉ for 45 minutes more, rotating midway. Tent with a piece of aluminum foil if overly browning.
Cool pie for at least three hours before serving. Enjoy with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
When you are going to use apples, reach for a baking apple. Some apples break down way too much and become mushy. Here are the best apples to use: Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Braubum, etc.
Aim to slice all the apples to the same thickness so that the apples all bake up evenly.
I created a lattice look for the top pie crust; you are welcome to do a different design if you need to. Just make sure that there is an air hole for steam to release.
If the outside crust is browning too quickly in the oven, use a pie shield to prevent it from burning.
You can add fewer or more spices to elevate or lessen the flavor of the recipe.
If you mix and match two varieties of apples, it will add more flavor to the pie. Just do half and half on apples and enjoy the flavors.
Letting the pie cool before serving will let the filling thicken a bit. So when you slice the pie doesn’t fall apart once you go to cut it.
You can add caramel sauce, chopped nuts, or even raisins to add flavor to the pie filling.