Apple pie

🥧 Apple pie (Easy Homemade Recipe)

A classic apple pie has a flaky crust and sweet cinnamon apples. Here’s a simple version you can make at home.

🍎 Ingredients

For the filling

• 6 apples (best with Granny Smith apple or other tart apples)
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp nutmeg (optional)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp butter

For the crust

• 2 pie crusts (store-bought or homemade)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 190°C (375°F).
2. Prepare apples
   Peel, core, and slice the apples.
3. Make the filling
   Mix apples with sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice.
4. Prepare the pie
   • Place one crust in a pie dish.
   • Add the apple mixture.
   • Dot with small pieces of butter.
5. Top crust
   Cover with the second crust, seal edges, and cut small slits on top.
6. Bake
   Bake 45–55 minutes until the crust is golden and apples are tender.
7. Cool slightly before serving.

😋 Serving Ideas

• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream 🍨
• Or with whipped cream.

✅ Tip: If the crust starts browning too fast, cover the edges with foil.

If you want, I can also give:

• A 10-minute lazy apple pie (very easy)
• Apple pie without oven (pan recipe)
• The secret trick bakeries use to make apple pie taste amazing.