Apple Custard Pie

Name: Apple Custard Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ⅓ cup granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons unbleached (all-purpose) flour; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 cup whole milk; 1 recipe Fresh Whipped Cream; ½ teaspoon fine sea salt; ¼ cup packed light brown sugar; 10 tablespoons (1¼ sticks) unsalted butter, melted; 1 prebaked Shortcut Piecrust, cooled; 1 pound apples (see the headnote), peeled, cored, and thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest; 3 large eggs; ½ teaspoon ground cardamom; ½ teaspoon food-grade dried lavender

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Back in the Day Bakery Made With Love

By Cheryl Day and Griffith Day

Published 2015

About

A touch of cardamom, lavender, and lemon zest brings a fresh flavor combination to this apple pie. I like to mix apples like Honeycrisp, Pink Ladys, and Granny Smith to give the pie an even more complex flavor.

Ingredients

1 prebaked Shortcut Piecrust, cooled
1 pound apples (see the headnote), peeled, cored, and thinly sliced

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Put the baked pie shell on a baking sheet.

In a large saucepan, combine the apples, brown sugar, ¼ cup of the m