Classic Apple Pie

Marcy Inspired

If I had to pick a favorite thing that I like to eat & make, it would have to be pies. So I've been following this easy recipe since I was a teenager. It comes out flaky and delicious every time. It's my classic Apple Pie and it is one my family requests all the time.

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Cuisine Mexican, New Mexican

Servings 1 Pie Shell

Ingredients

5-6 Tart Apples
2 tbsp. (approx.) Lemon Juice
¾ cup Sugar
⅛ tsp. Salt
3 tbsp. Flour
1 tsp. Cinnamon
¼ tsp. Nutmeg
2-3 tbsp. Butter Chilled

For egg wash

1 Egg Beated
1 tbsp. Water or Milk OR use evaporated milk on its own

Instructions

Peel and slice apples in small thin wedges and place in large mixing bowl.
Pour lemon juice over apples and mix to coat them. (This will keep them from turning brown and will also give them a little more tartness, which is what you want in an apple pie.)
In a separate bowl combine sugar, salt, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Place a thin layer of sliced apples into your pie crust.
Sprinkle plenty of your sugar & flour mixture over them.
Then place a few pats of butter on top.
Add another layer of apples on top, and continue to repeat the process until all the ingredients are used.
Cover apples with top pie crust.
Crip sides with fingers or fork.
Cut small heat vents on top pie crust.
Brush egg wash over entire pie.
Bake at 450º for the first 10 minutes.
Lower temperature to 350º and continue baking 30-40 minutes longer, until pie crust is a light golden brown.
Allow pie to set at least 4 hours before cutting into it.
It is best the next day.