Sweet Apple Pie
This recipe calls for a pie even sweeter than most. Sweet apple pie is a traditional, easy apple pie recipe that will be a breeze to make and eat.
Cooking Time1 hr
Ingredients
- 4 large tart, crisp apples
- 4 large sweeter apples (not mealy ones, though)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon mace
- 1/8 teaspoon ground Cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/8 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice, strained
- 2 double pie crust, unbaked
- 1 teaspoon cream
- 1 egg yolk
Instructions
- Peel, core and slice apples, placing them in a large mixing bowl.
- Mix sugar, flour, mace, cloves and cinnamon.
- Add sugar mixture to the apples and mix well.
- Mix melted butter and lemon juice and pour this over the apples.
- Mix well and let sit for at least 20 minutes while you prepare the pie crust.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Prepare top and bottom crusts.
- Mound filling into pie shell, piling apples high, and affix the top crust.
- Slash top crust a few times and brush with glaze mixture of egg yolk and cream.
- Sprinkle granulated sugar over.
- Bake pie at 450 degrees F for 15 minutes.
- Turn over down to 375 degrees F and bake about 35-45 minutes more, checking frequently to make sure crust doesn't over brown.
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