I've been making apple pies often lately (this is my 4th pie of 2011). I'm trying to get the recipe refined to my satisfaction. I combined aspects of what I liked from various online recipes.
It's a very simple recipe that makes a somewhat tart apple pie - just the way Sally and I like it. This doesn't taste like a sweet pastry, but a tangy blast o' apple!
Apple Pie
Ingredients:
2 prepared pie crusts (Pillsbury is good)
7 cups of Granny Smith apple slices (about 8 apples, peel the skin, make the slices BIG)
1-1/2 Teaspoon of Penzeys Apple Pie Spice
1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
1/3 cup of white sugar
Steps:
Combine the raw apple slices, spices, sugar, and lemon juice in a bowl.
Line a glass pie pan with a crust to be the bottom crust.
Put the mixture into the pie crust.
Cover with top crust. It should bulge way up like a huge mountain.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 425 degrees F for 50 minutes on the top rack.
Comments:
The goal is to have the filling to wind up with some nice texture, not mushy. Do not cook the apple slices beforehand in any way. The apple slices should be as big as possible, maybe 8 per apple.
If the pie is too tart for you, add more sugar next time.
The Penzeys Apple Pie Spice mixture is a nice blend made from cinnamon, cloves, mace, and nutmeg.