Easy Apple Pie

Name: Easy Apple Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: grated zest and juice of 1 lemon; 50 g (2 oz) granulated sugar; 250 g (8 oz) shortcrust pastry; 25 g (1 oz) butter; 1.25–1.5 kg (2½-3 lb) Cox’s apples; 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

Basic recipe: American Shortcrust Pastry or Shortcrust Pastry

Easy because one large circle of pastry is folded around the fruit to become both the bottom and top crust. It is also easy to remove the pie from the tin.

Ingredients

1.25–1.5 kg (2½-3 lb) Cox’s apples
50 g (2

Americas
United States
Vegetarian
Baking
Pie

Method

Preheat the oven, placing a baking sheet in the centre. Quarter, peel, core and slice the apples. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle them over the apple slices. Add the lemon zest and juice.

Roll out the pastry into a circle about 40 cm (16