Easy Apple Pie Recipe (Using Fresh Apples)
on Nov 15, 2017, Updated Jul 19, 2024
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Your go-to easy apple pie recipe uses fresh apples in a homemade crust with little added sugar. It’s so simple and delicious. I’m sure you will love it!
A basic apple pie recipe is simple, and the results are just plain tasty. It’s a recipe that everyone should have in their collection. This apple pie doesn’t use a lot of added sugar, and you don’t have to cook the apples before adding them to the crust.
This pie has about an inch or inch-and-a-half of sliced apples inside the crust, which I think is a nice amount. Apple pies that are 3 or 4 inches high and stuffed with apples are gorgeous, but I like a more even crust-to-apple ratio myself. When you don’t have that many apples in the crust, you don’t have to precook the apples. (If you’re a pie fan, I have lots of delicious pie recipes to choose from, too.)
{VIDEO} Make An Apple Pie From Scratch!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- This recipe is so simple that even the most basic cook can master it the first time. You can use any fresh apples you have and any crust you like. It’s so easy you’ll be making it every night for dinner.
- There’s something magical about pulling a pie made from scratch out of the oven. It seems to take you back to when life was simpler and homemade pie was standard fare in American kitchens.
- Kids LOVE apple pie for breakfast, so if I don’t have too much leftover, I’ll just store it covered on the counter to be eaten the next morning; sugar is a great preservative, so I have no issues leaving it out overnight.
Recipe Ingredients
- Apples
- Sugar
- Flour – All-purpose
- Cinnamon
- Butter
- Pie crust – try this Double Pie Crust!
- Egg white
See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How to Make Easy Apple Pie
- Mix the first 5 ingredients together and roll out the pie crust.
- Place the apple mixture in the uncooked pie shell and add butter to the top.
- Top with the second pie crust, crimp the edges and cut a few slits in the top crust.
- Mix the egg white and water together, brush the top, sprinkle with sugar, and bake!
Recipe FAQs
I wrote a huge post all about pie crust! This basic apple pie recipe is a staple in our house, and I hope you love it. If you are looking for something perfect for your Thanksgiving table, you can find this recipe plus SEVEN other pie recipes in one post.
To make this apple pie, you need 10 medium-sized apples. It has a great apple pie filling-to-crust ratio (not too many apples, but not too few at the same time). Once the apples are sliced, you’ll need about 5 cups of apples in total.
A packaged pie crust will work fine if you don’t want to make a Perfect Pie Crust at home. Brush the top with one egg white mixed with one tablespoon of water and sprinkle it with sugar (extra chubby or sparkling sugar is really fun if you have it!).
Expert Tips
- Try to find a firm apple to use in this recipe. I like a mix of sweet and sour apples. You can use Granny Smith, Jonathan, Jonagold, Winesap, Golden Delicious, Honey Crisp, Gala, or Rome Beauty. I used a mix between Golden Delicious and some kind of tart firm apples from our trees for this pie, and it was great. It’s very forgiving, so experiment!
- If you want this pie to slice nicely (and not have some of the fruit ooze out onto the pie plate after removing a slice), let it cool to room temperature before serving.
- If you have leftovers you can store them covered in the fridge for up to 5 days. The crust gets a little soft when it sits, but I like to heat up a slice in the microwave before eating it.
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Basic Apple Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- about 5 cups thinly sliced apples, peeled and cored, 8-10 medium apples
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1-2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
- Double pie crust
- 1 egg white + 1 tablespoon water
- granulated or chubby sparkling sugar, optional
Instructions
- In a medium bowl add the sliced apples. Sprinkle with the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt and toss gently to combine well.
- Roll out and place an uncooked pie crust in the bottom of a deep 9-inch pie plate.
- Place the apple mixture in the uncooked pie shell. Place the small pieces of butter on top of apple mixture.
- Top with second pie crust, crimp the edges, and then cut a few slits in the top crust to allow steam to vent.
- Mix the egg white and 1 tablespoon of water together in a small bowl and then brush the top with water and sprinkle with sugar before baking.
- Bake at 450 degrees F. for the first 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350 degrees F. and continue cooking for an additional 40 to 45 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
- If the edge of the crust starts to brown more quickly than the center, carefully cover the edge with foil for the last 15-20 minutes of baking to prevent over-browning.
- Let the pie cool for 10 minutes before serving. Can be made ahead of time and served at room temperature.
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Notes
- You’ll want to cut these apples about 1/4 inch thick.
- Want to make a pretty lattice pie crust? Here’s how to do that!
- Try to find a firm apple to use in this recipe. I like a mix of sweet and sour apples. You can use Granny Smith, Jonathan, Jonagold, Winesap, Golden Delicious, Honey Crisp, Gala, or Rome Beauty. I used Golden Delicious from our trees for this pie, and it was great.
- In the world of pies, this one has a very small amount of added sugar. If you are using tart apples, you might need to double the amount of sugar. Just taste and see. Feel free to add up to 1/3 cup of sugar to this recipe.
so i put to much butter what should i do
Hi Melissa
Pie is in the making. I am so excited. Question, do you need to pinch the bottom of the crust with a fork before putting the apple mixture? First timer apple pie maker in here. Thank you !
Nope it’ll be fine without doing that, I don’t. But if you happened to I’m sure it won’t hurt anything either! Happy pie making!!
Hello!!!
Question i messed up and put to much better should i had something to fix it or keep as is?
Thank you
Alagna
I bet it’ll be ok, I’d just bake it!
Hello,
I read your recipe and needs “Double pie crust”. I press the link and on the top of crust said “Traditional Perfect Pie Crusts Author: Melissa Griffiths Prep Time: 1 hour Total Time: 1 hour Yield: 2 pie crusts” (3 cups flour, 1 cup butter…….)
Do I have to make double crust (6 cups flours, 2 cups butter……) for one apple pie?!?!
Thanks. I read the text above “The recipe I have shared below is for a double pie crust. This means it makes enough dough for a top and a bottom crust.”
Ok, so you got it figured out, you’ll just need to 3 cups of flour pie crust recipe for this pie! ENJOY!
The crust recipe isn’t even here. Ridiculous
It’s hyperlinked in the recipe. Is it really that awful to click to a second page?
This pie is in the oven right now. I made it with 4 golden delicious & 4 Granny Smith apples and 2 9” crusts. Now what do I do with ALL of the leftover filling that wouldn’t fit in the pie-& I piled it high! Any suggestions?
LOL your apples must have been HUGE! That’s so fun. You could cook it down slowly on the stove top and have stewed apples with dinner. Sometimes I just chop it up and throw them in with oatmeal while the oats are cooking so that you get apple cinnamon oatmeal!
I have made this recipe three times now. I love it and it is so easy.
Yay! I love hearing that. Happy pie making Rachelle.
Made this a second time and it’s still the best apple pie recipe I’ve tried! It’s easy to make and everyone goes back for second helpings. Seriously so happy I found this! Best with some vanilla caramel ice cream?
So easy right?! I’m glad you love it too! Happy Baking Barbara
It’s been a while, I needed to brush up on baking apple pie. Your recipe format was very hard to follow -skipping all over some here , some there. I managed to bake one in spite of it. I used the whole egg on my topping. It worked great.
Made this last night and it was a big hit! The crust recipe is easy and came out buttery and just flakey enough. Making again for Thanksgiving 🙂 Best apple pie recipe I’ve tried. And that’s a lot!
I so appreciate the feedback! Easy too isn’t it? I didn’t make a lot of apple pies until this recipe, but now we’re hooked.
Recipe seems easy to follow. Will be making apple pie for the first time and will be using crab apples from my neighbor’s apple tree.