Start the holiday season with homemade apple pie


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Sari Castro | Daily Trojan

Sari Castro | Daily Trojan

The holidays are just around the corner which means pie season is coming. For all those apple pie lovers, here’s a quick recipe. 

Ingredients:

  •      1 frozen double crust

Filling

  •      ½ stick of unsalted butter (melted)
  •      ⅓ cup and  1 tablespoon white sugar
  •      1 – 2 teaspoon cinnamon
  •      3 big apples (or 6 small ones, peeled and cut)
  •      1 tablespoon unbleached all-purpose flour
  •      2 tablespoon cornstarch

Coating

  •      Egg Wash (1 egg beaten + 2 tablespoon water)
  •      2 teaspoon  white sugar
  •      ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Process:

  1.     Preheat your oven to 425°F (220°C)
  2.     Take the frozen double crust out of the freezer, and place it on the pie mold.

Filling (this part should be done fast)

  1.     Heat the butter in the microwave till it melts (it took 50s for me but this really depends on your microwave).
  2.     Combine the sugar (1/3 cup only) and cinnamon and quickly add it to the butter while it’s still very hot, whisk it together to combine. Don’t let it sit for too long.
  3.     Sprinkle the flour and cornstarch over the peeled and cut apples, and use your fingers or a fork to combine.
  4.     Pour some of the butter-sugar mixture over the bottom crust, add the apples and pour the rest of the mixture.
  5.     Get the top crust and place it over the apples and fold the edges.
  6.     Make a hole in the middle and some additional cuts on the top. You can either just make the hole in the middle or just the cuts or both like me.  

Coating

  1.     In a small cup combine the sugar and the cinnamon, set it aside.
  2.     Beat the egg in another cup and brush the top of the pie and the sides. This will give it that picture-perfect golden look.
  3.     Sprinkle some of the sugar-cinnamon mixture over the top.

Pie is ready to bake!

  1.     Cover the edges of the pie with foil paper.
  2.     Place it on a baking sheet — this will make it easier to carry and will prevent you oven to get all sugary if some of the filling falls off — and slide it into the oven!
  3.     Bake for 20 minutes, and then take it out to remove the foil paper.
  4.     Back to the oven for another 20 to 30 minutes until the filling starts boiling, you’ll be able to see it through the hole in the middle. If it starts boiling before those 20 minutes, turn off your oven and let the pie inside.
  5.     Take it out, and leave it on the baking sheet for 30 minutes (I left it on top of the stove because I wasn’t cooking anything else).
  6.     Transfer the pie from the baking sheet to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes. If you absolutely can’t wait to eat it, wait for at least 45 minutes. The filling needs to rest otherwise it’ll crumble all over the place.

I’ve made some few apple pies and tried different recipes but for me this easiest, most delicious Apple pie recipe!