[JudyinCanada]

Here’s what I do sissy - for what it’s worth. My pies are simple, and I’ve won numerous ribbons for them.

Crust - for simplicity, follow the Tenderflake lard recipe. You may add some extra water if you find it too dry to handle easily (extra 1/4 cup is fine).

Filling -

6 or 7 apples (Cortland, Ida Red, Paula Red...any pie apple) peeled and sliced into pieces.

1 cup brown sugar
2 big tablespoons corn starch
1 teaspoon cinnamon (more if you like it, or less)
1 teaspoon nutmeg (more if you like it, or less)
2 tablespoons vanilla
1/4 cup cream
a few shakes of salt if you want - doesn’t really matter

Mix it up, pour it in your crust, put 5 very generous chunks of butter on top of the mixture, then put on the top crust. Beat an egg and brush the top crust with it.

I paint some extra pastry and put it on the top to make a little apple pie in the middle, but today I painted some mistletoe to go in the centre. This is completely optional of course....lol it’s for those of us with time on our hands.

[Lakeside Granny]

Would you post a picture of your homemade apple pie so that I can drool all over it, please? 😁

[CottonBall]

That sounds yummy, I’m going to try it.

But I get confused with big tablespoons, would one big tablespoon be like 1.5 tablespoons? Or 2 tablespoons?

The main problem I’ve had in making apple pie is it ends up either too juicy or too cemented together with little juice. If I can get this right with your directions I might be able to make pie again!

[sweetiepiezer]

“Crust - for simplicity, follow the Tenderflake lard recipe. You may add some extra water if you find it too dry to handle easily (extra 1/4 cup is fine).”

I use Crisco, butter Crisco is good.
Make sure the water is extra cold, I put an ice cube in it.
Add a little it a time to get it to stick together.
The less you use your hands the better.
I brush my crust with milk and brown sugar, little bit of each mixed together.
Flour your rolling pin and counter.

[Jane Long]

Thank you, Judy, for posting your beloved recipe.

I will give this a try, hopefully, soon.

Silly question....the bottom crust isn’t pre-baked, right? My *expertise* has been with cream pies, so far....which I typically do pre-bake the crust. Thx!

[LilFarmer]

This is awesome... I just froze some pie crust and was debating on what pie to make in addition to a chess pie and pecan pie (hosting family next week). I may try your apple pie recipe!

I have had two big apple pie fails - one was when I accidentally used salt instead of sugar and the other was when I sliced the apples too thin and it came out like applesauce 😂