Lenny’s Famous New York Apple Pie

This iconic dish seems to sum up the American spirit—big, bold, and full of flavor. To use a well-known phrase, it is “as American as apple pie.” No Fourth of July barbecue would be complete without one, and an apple pie often accompanies the traditional pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving feasts.

What’s a little surprising is that apple trees from Asia weren’t even introduced to North America until the Pilgrims set sail from Europe in the fifteenth century with cuttings and seeds. And, nat