8-10 tart baking applesPeeled, cored and thinly sliced (6-7 cups)
2teaspoonslemon juice
1/2cupbrown sugar
1/3cupwhite sugar
3tablespoonsall-purpose flour or cornstarch
1 1/2teaspoonscinnamon
1/4teaspoonground nutmeg
1/4teaspoonsalt
3tablespoonsbuttercut into small pieces
29 inchpie crusts pre-made or homemade
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 450°F
Take one pie crust and roll it out a little and fit it into the pie plate.
Whisk the flour, cinnamon and salt together in a small bowl and set aside.
Wash the apples, peel, core and thinly slice into a large bowl.
Add the lemon juice to the apples and toss to coat.
Add the sugars to the apples and toss to coat.
Add flour/sugar mixture to the apples and toss to coat.
Pour the apple mixture into the uncooked pie crust.
Place the butter pieces all over the top of the apples in the pie crust.
Roll out the second pie crust and place over the top of the apples.
Crimp the edges of the crusts together and decorate if you want.
Bake in the 450°F oven for 15 minutes.
Lower the oven temperature to 350 °F and bake for another 30-40 minutes. Watch the pie crust carefully and cover the crust with the foil if it gets too dark.
The pie is done when it's bubbling through the top,the apples are soft, and the crust is brown.
Remove and cool on the counter.
Notes
You might want to add more sugar if you have really tart apples, but a sweetly tart apple pie is the classic taste.