My Famous Apple Pie

My Famous Apple Pie Recipe

Printer Friendly Version

I have been making this apple pie for over 30 years to rave reviews. I started with a recipe from the really old Better Homes and Gardens red and white cook book. Being a novel cook at first I followed the recipe to a tee, but over the years I have perfected the recipe and found my changes to be excellent. My family tradition was to take the kids apple picking every year and then make 5 to 10 apple pies for the family. My husband even started selling them at his place of work. The job did get much easier when I purchased at a store that was going out of business and apple peeler, at the time I think I paid $18.00 for it on sale, and looking back now I would pay 10 times that amount. To date I still use it and find this tool irreplaceable.

Single Crust
1 ½ cups All purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup Crisco
¼ cup cold butter
5 tablespoons ice cold water

Cut Crisco and butter into flour and salt until crumbly. Add cold water and hand mix until it forms a ball. Roll out to fill a 9 inch pie plate.

Pie Filling
6 to 7 medium tart apples ( Macintosh, Cortland, Jonathan really any apple will do except delicious or golden delicious)
½ cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar (light or dark)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon fresh nutmeg
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Mix thoroughly and pile into pie shell

Crumble top
¾ cup all purpose flour
6 tablespoons of cold butter
¼ cup white sugar
¼ brown sugar

Mix until crumbly and pile on the top of the apples.
Bake at 400° degrees approximately 50 minutes until golden brown
You may want to put foil or something to protect the bottom of your oven as it will overflow.

Have a question about this recipe?
Ask Marjorie on Facebook.

The cooking tips and recipes on this site are Free to use, down load, copy and share. Enjoy!

Learn to Decorate Cakes like the pros

Miracle Ware Rice Cooker Directions

Hard work and perseverance have made this site what it is today. I add to it almost daily and hope that any readers who appreciate all the hard work I have done to donate. This will help me to continue adding to my site. Donating would help in keeping my costs down so that I can keep bringing you great recipes.