Grandma Maxine's Apple Pie
- Category
- Dessert
- Prep Time
- 30 min
- Cook Time
- 55 min
- Servings
- 8
Recipe Story
Grandma Maxine's apple pie is an icon in our family. No holiday would be complete without Grandma baking an apple pie. She made a lot of different desserts but this is definitely the most legendary. It tastes like love.
Ingredients
Filling
- 4 C Macintosh, Gala, or Jonathan Apples, peeled and sliced
- 1 C Sugar
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 3 Tbl All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 C Brown Sugar
- 3-4 Thin Slices Butter
Crust
- 2 1/4 C All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2/3 C Crisco
- 1/2 C Water (more if needed)
Crust Topping
- Sugar
- Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Combine filling ingredients (except Brown Sugar and Butter) in a bowl and stir.
- For crust, combine Flour, Salt, and Crisco. Slowly add water until dough forms a ball. Divide into 2 balls, roll out, and place one crust in pie pan.
- Add filling to pie crust, then top with Brown Sugar and Butter slices.
- Add the second crust, seal edges, and sprinkle Sugar and Cinnamon on top. Cut some decorative vents in the crust for steam to escape.
- Bake at 425°F for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350°F and bake for an additional 45 minutes.
Recipe Summary
Eat it with ice cream or eat it plain, it's delicious either way. In fact, Grandpa Ingram ate this pie in a bowl with milk poured over top so I suppose that's the traditional way to enjoy it.