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Apple Pie & Fabulous Fall Skies

ByJo-Anna Rooney Published Updated

Apple Pie

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Isn’t fall the best? With its bright blue skies and changing leaves…

I love it all so much! And it makes me want to bake.  A lot. And eat.  A lot. Must be something about our Canadian winters  that makes us fatten up in the fall in prep for the snow.  Gah.

Yet I still bake. And this weekend was no exception. These bright blue skies had me craving a good old fashioned apple pie!

So I made one. Because everywhere you look there are bins and bins full of seasonal apples.  It’s a bakers dream really.

And if apple pie doesn’t scream fall, I don’t know what does! It just doesn’t get much better than a good old fashioned apple pie! I wish you could smell it. It’s like heaven. Sugary, cinnamon-y and comforting!

Apple Pie

Jo-Anna Rooney
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Servings 1 pie

Ingredients
  

Apple Mix

  • 5-6 medium apples peeled, cored and sliced, I prefer Macintosh
  • 1/2 cup to 3/4 sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp salt

Pie crust (This recipe makes 2 crusts.)

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup shortening lard
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
  • Make the apple mix first.
  • Combine all of the above ingredients. Set aside.
  • Sift flour and salt into a bowl.
  • With a pie cutter, cut in shortening until the particles are pea sized.
  • Sprinkle in water, 1 tsp or so at a time, mixing lightly with a fork. Don't over mix or the crust will be tough.
  • Press into a ball. Then split into 2. It is okay if it's crumbly. In fact crumbly makes for a tender, flaky crust!
  • Lay out a piece of wax or parchment paper, lightly sprinkle it with flour, then roll out one of the crusts for the bottom of the pie. Then press the crust into a 9" pie plate.
  • Add the apple mixture to the pie and dot with about a 1 tsp butter.
  • Using new piece of paper, roll out the other crust for the top of the pie, then add it to the top of the pie.
  • Press the edges of the pie dough together to seal it.
  • Then cut ventilation slits into the crust.
  • Make a mixture of sugar and cinnamon, then sprinkle it on to the top of the pie crust.
  • Bake for about 20 minutes at 425 degrees (this will ensure that you don't end up with a soggy bottom crust).
  • Then after this time, reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for about 25-30 minutes more. (Until the crust is lightly browned and the apple mix is bubbling up from under the crust.)
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(Oh, and if you follow me on Facebook, yes, that is in fact the apple I withheld from my kid until this picture was taken, hahaha!)

Have a delicious day!

Hi I'm Jo-Anna Rooney, the creator, director, baker, maker and home decorator here at A Pretty Life in the Suburbs! I'm sharing a simple home life through fresh and easy recipes and uncomplicated home tips and home decor.

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11 Comments

  2. Oh yum! The pretty picture actually makes me able to smell that yummy pie a bit 🙂 Mmm.

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  3. Yummm! your crust looks a.ma.zing! love the leaves!! I want some of that pie.

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  5. Ooooh! I love me some pie! Looks wonderful! Making pie is so much fun, but then we have pie around for a while. I need to make it and share it so it doesn’t sit around me too long! Stopping by from The Winthrop Chronicles!

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  7. *sigh*

    Your blog is so pretty! And your photography is off the charts 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!

    Have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!
    karianne

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  8. Karen LeDoux says:

    I just made another one of these delicious pies today!! I embellished it just a tad, though, lol. I had a whole bunch of small red apples I got on sale, so I used 12! Built that puppy right up, lol. And before I added the top layer of crust, right before I added the butter, I also added a healthy drizzle of Hershey’s Caramel Syrup! OH….MY….GOODNESS!! Served with a nice dollop of vanilla ice cream, and ooooohhhhhh my!!! But I also cheated a little bit and used Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Dough instead of making my own. I don’t have the time, the room or the patience to make my own, lol. I even posted a pic of it on Facebook, and boy did I get the comments! And just to give credit where credit is due, I posted your website so others can get the recipe. It’s AWESOME!!

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  9. Milford Brueggeman says:

    Many years ago my aunt gave me a secret to making better Pies,I tried it and have been doing this ever sense In you Pie recipes that call for flour Use Tapioca instead,It gives you a much firmer pie and the taste is awesome Not that flourly taste you get sometimes from using flour,Try it I know you will love the difference and your family will too.

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