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Double-crust apple pie

Tall, flaky and full of three kinds of apples so the filling is sweet, tart and holds its shape.

50 min hands-on5 hr start to finishNo oven on ThursdayTravels well
VegetarianNut-free
Cooking for46810121620
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Double-crust apple pie

Photo: Shisma, CC BY 4.0

When to make it

Make the dough up to 3 days ahead. Bake Wednesday; serve at room temperature or warm it 15 minutes.

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For 4

  • 1¼ cupsall-purpose flour for the crust
  • ½ tspkosher salt
  • 1 stick (8 tbsp)unsalted butter very cold, cubed
  • ¼ cupice water
  • 1½ lbmixed apples Granny Smith, Honeycrisp and Braeburn, peeled and sliced
  • ¼ cupsugar
  • 1½ tbspcornstarch
  • ½ tspground cinnamon
  • 1½ tsplemon juice
  • ½eggs beaten, to glaze
  • 1½ tspturbinado sugar

How to make it

  1. Dough

    Make the dough as for pumpkin pie but doubled; divide into two discs and chill at least 1 hour.

  2. Filling

    Toss the apples with the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and lemon juice and let them sit 30 minutes. Drain off the juice into a small pan and boil it down to a few tablespoons of syrup; pour it back over the apples.

  3. Assemble

    Roll one disc into a 9-inch deep pie plate, pile in the apples, top with the second round, trim, crimp and cut 5 steam vents. Brush with egg and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Chill 20 minutes.

  4. Bake

    Bake on a sheet pan at 425°F for 20 minutes, then at 375°F for 40 to 50 minutes more, until deep golden and the juices bubble thickly through the vents. Cool at least 3 hours.

Chef's notes

  • Bubbling juices in the center vent mean the thickener has worked.

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