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What speaks better to home cookin’ than an apple pie. Hot, sweet and delicious, it is in the top ten list of favorite desserts. Just after the New Year, our good college friend Joey at Biddy’s Biz hosted a dinner at his own apartment. In addition to a menu of goat cheese and strawberries over greens and roast brisket, he baked an apple pie. Lattice crust and all! Through the magical combination of today’s cutting edge cellular technology and social networking sites, he shared the image of his freshly baked pie with the Facebook world as an homage to his apple cutting and pastry slicing skills. That’s why we asked Joey to send this right on over for our Guest Test Kitchen and give you the lowdown on his delightfully delicious apple pie.
This is a recipe I’d like to call Mom’s Apple Pie. I was home for Christmas in 2007 and took on the task of making dessert for our annual Christmas Eve Dinner. I asked my mom what I should make and we perused her ancient recipe box that contains many recipes from my grandmother and great-grandmother. We found a tattered index card that simply stated “Apple Pie.” I like to call it “Mom’s Apple Pie” because I don’t know if it’s my mom’s, her mom’s or her mom’s! I was surprised how easy it was to make and it turned out delicious — in fact, many people said it was the “best apple pie” they ever had – which is big in my family because everyone takes apple pie very serous. So, without further ado, Mom’s Apple Pie.
Mom’s Apple Pie – Serves 6 to 8
Filling
1 cup brown sugar (dark brown or light brown is fine – depending on preference)
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
4 large green apples, peeled and sliced
1 unbaked 9″ pie shell
Topping
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup margarine, melted
1 unbaked 9″ piecrust for lattice topping
1. Start with making the body of the pie. Mix brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, pour lemon juice* over the apples – thoroughly coating. Combine apples with mix and make sure they are evenly coated with the lemon juice/pie mixture. Place in the pie shell.
2. Now we move on to the pie topping. Mix all the topping ingredients in a bowl (brown sugar, nutmeg, flour, melted margarine) until they are well blended. Pack this mixture on top of the coated apples in the pie shell. Make sure to do it as evenly as possible and press with a fork.
3. For the lattice crust, take your flat pie shell and use a pastry wheel or non-serrated knife and cut 1″-1 1/2″ strips. Start your latticework going east to west and north to south (or vice versa) for every vertical strip you want to weave in a horizontal strip.
4. Bake 45 minutes in a preheated oven at 350 degrees. Serve a room temperature or just a little warmer.
*If you get your lemon juice directly from reaming a lemon – you might have excess pie juice in the bottom of your bowl after transferring the coated apples to the piecrust. Adding this juice to the pie is purely optional. I’ve found that it gives the pie a little kick with the heat from the cinnamon.
Click HERE for the printable recipe.
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i love apple pie. it’s so homey and nostalgic. and your lattice crust is just beautiful. i can never get mine to look that nice.
Nothing I like better then a homemade apple pie. It is down to earth, classic and delicious. I like your lattice design. Very beautiful.
Cheers,
elra
Mmm I can practically smell the pie baking! I don’t think there are many things more comforting than a slice of warm apple pie topped with a big ole scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Give me apple pie anyday and I’m happy
Ooohh I love apple pie… this might be the kick in the butt I need to try pie again!!
Pie! I love pie! That looks mad good too.
That pie looks awesome!!
I have made a mini pie with an egg roll wrapper, put in a jumbo muffin tin, sliced apple, cinnamon and sugar and bake for about 15 minutes at 350.
Hope you guys had a nice Easter!!
Looks like smacky lip goodness. Now, I’d drizzle some warm caramel over it and top with real vanilla bean ice cream to make my taste buds really sing.
MMMMMMM…That apple pie looks really fabulous!! I would like to have 1 or 2 pieces now with some hot home made custard!!! Perfection!
Oh snap… That pie looks delish. I’m always for the classic and that pie hits the mark.
OH thank you, I am so doing this pie, it sounds simple and easy and yummy.. and Moms are always the best!!
Gorgeous! You’ve got my absolute essential ingredient in the mix … lemon juice. I think it adds the necessary balance for the sugar and really brings out the apple flavor. Well done, this pie looks awesome!
That was a GOOD PIE!!
Lovely lattice top! It looks like one fantastic pie all around.
Apple pies are so homey and make the kitchen smell so fragrant! Beautiful!
There’s something to be said about apple pie. This version looks incredible.
It turned out beautiful…I love your lattice work.
Great job on the lattice crust. That takes a lot of effort to get those just right.
I need guest cooks and guest bloggers – the pie looks perfect!
Homemade apple pie rocks! I can’t eat a Mom’s Apple pie since my mother never made them.
I do so admire than lovely lattice. I am a klutz with crusts, so I consider myself lucky if my crust properly covers my pie.
Oh yeah, the boys does have skills. I have never attempted the lattice, I’ve been too intimidated. Instead, I take a tiny cookie cutter and cut out cute patterns on top of a whole crust. There is something about the lattice thought that just speaks of skills. Well done Joey! His salad of strawberries and goat cheese over greens sounds wonderful as well.
Yum! My husband loves apple pie. I’ll have to try this one out sometime.
There’s nothing like apple pie, and I love it with some lemon! Sounds fantastic.
For something this fantastic, I’d be tempted to keep the recipe all to myself for as long as possible. Thank goodness Joey is a more generous soul. It looks great!
This looks great! Apple pie is one of those classic recipes.
First of all, let me apologize for making my way over here so long after you posted this. My past week was totally hellish, so I’m just now getting to tackle my google reader. Secondly, thank you for having such an AMAZING recipe posted. Totally makes the week less stressful just thinking about this yummy apple pie. Let’s call the apple pie “mom’s.” All good baked goods should refer back to a mom…mom’s do bake the best treats, you know!