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Easy Apple Pie with Lattice Top at Sweetie Pie and Cupcakes

Easy Apple Pie with Lattice Top

Here's a step-by-step guide to making the perfect apple lattice pie. This Fall pie is easy to make and smells delicious baking in the oven. This apple pie is made with Honeycrisp and Granny Smith apples, cinnamon and clove. The pie dough crust is super quick to make in the food processor. Make this dessert for a Fall holiday or for a family gathering.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 8 people
Course: Dessert, Party Food
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large Honeycrisp Apple Chopped, Remove core and seeds
  • 1-2 medium Granny Smith Apples Chopped, Remove core and seeds
  • 2 Tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Clove
  • 4 Tbsp Butter
  • 1-2 Tbsp All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour for pie crust
  • 2 Tbsp Sugar for pie crust
  • 1 tsp Salt for pie crust
  • 20 Tbsp Cold Kerrygold butter for pie crust
  • 6 Tbsp Ice cold water for pie crust
  • 1 Egg for egg wash

Method
 

  1. Place the 20 Tablespoons of butter in the freezer at least a half hour before making pie dough.
  2. In a food processor, combine 2/3 of the flour, the salt and the sugar. Pulse the dry ingredients 5-6 times.
    Combine flour, salt and sugar in food processor
  3. Chop the butter into 1/2 inch squares and spread the chunks evenly over the flour mixture in the food processor.
    Cut cold butter into half inch chunks
  4. Place the top on the processor and pulse to start incorporating the butter. You may have heard to stop when the butter is pea-sized, but in this case keep pulsing until you see the entire mixture come together. You should start to see it form into a dough.
  5. Take the lid off and spread the mixture out evenly in the processor. Add the rest of the flour on top, put the lid on and pulse about 5-6 short pulses. The dough may break up into really large clumps with lots of flour surrounding it. This is what you want!
    Add the rest of the flour
  6. Transfer the dough into a bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of the ice cold water and turn dough over 2-3 times (don't over mix, just push down and turn). Add the last three tablespoons of water and turn again forming it into a messy ball. This dough will be very wet, but that's okay!
  7. Flour a work surface generously. Turn the ball of dough out onto the flour and use a spatula or scraper to cut the dough ball in half.
    Split pie dough in half
  8. Wrap each half in plastic wrap.
    Wrap Pie Dough in Plastic Wrap
  9. Push down on the wrapped dough to flatten it out into a 4-5 inch disc. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. They can be stored up to a maximum of 3 days.
    Flatten Out Pie Dough
  10. To ready the dough for the pie plate, take one ball of dough out of the fridge and dust a work surface with lots of flour. Flour the top of the dough disc. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a circle. Use a metal spatula to scrape under the dough if it starts to stick and keep adding flour under the work surface . Continue rolling and turning the dough until you reach the desire shape. If working with a 9 inch pie plate, try to roll the dough to about 13-14 inch wide.
    Rolling Out Pie Dough
  11. Roll the dough up onto the rolling pin, position it near the edge of the pie plate and then unroll the dough over the pie plate.
    Rolled Out Pie Dough
  12. Push the dough into the edges of the pie plate. Don't worry if the dough breaks apart in places, you can easily fix it by pressing it together with your fingers. Also, you can break off overhang pieces and use those pieces to fill in any holes or gaps.
    Putting Pie dough in pie plate
  13. If you like a thick crust around the edge or plan on decorating the edge, use the overhang pieces to add along the edge. Just tuck the edge under.
  14. You can now fill this crust. Fill the crust with the chopped apples.
    Chopped apples in a pie dough crust
  15. Add the 2 Tablespoons of sugar, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon of clove on top of the apples and mix into the apples with your hands.
    Spices mixed into apples in apple pie
  16. Dot the top of the apples with chunks of butter using the 4 tablespoons of butter. Add the two tablespoons of flour onto the top of the butter and apples.
  17. Roll out the other pie dough and score the dough into stripes with a pizza cutter or knife.
    Cutting strips in pie dough for lattice top
  18. For the lattice top, begin by laying 4-5 strips across horizontally.
  19. Pull two strips to one side and lay one strip vertically closest to the edge where the strips are pulled back.
    Pulling strips back to make lattice apple pie
  20. Lay the horizontal strips back down over the pie.
    Laying strips of dough for apple pie
  21. Pull the other three horizontal strips to the side and lay a second strip down over the top of the horizontal strips.
  22. Lay the horizontal strips back down over the pie. Repeat pulling back alternating strips and laying down vertical pieces until all pieces are laid.
  23. Remove any overhang pieces and tuck the edges under to combine with the bottom crust.
    Tucking edges on apple pie crust
  24. Flute the edge of the pie by using two knuckles of one hand and the index finger on the other hand to create a wave pattern along the edge. You can also use a fork to make a design along the edge.
    Fluting the edge of apple pie
  25. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Make an egg wash by scrambling an egg with a splash of water. Paint the egg wash onto the top and edges of the pie.
    Making an egg wash and painting it on an apple pie
  26. Bake the pie on a baking sheet in an oven at 375 degrees for about an hour to an hour and ten minutes. After the first 15-20 minutes of baking, add a pie ring or create a ring out of foil to protect the edge of the pie from burning. The edge should turn a light brown after about 15-20 minutes and it will continue to brown but won't burn if protected. Also, make sure to completely bake the pie until the crust is done. Most people undercook pie. It should be very golden brown and look for darker brown spots to start to appear on top. The apples should also start to bubble. If using a clear pyrex pie dish, look underneath to make sure the pie is turning light golden brown underneath. When done, remove from oven and allow to cool a bit. This pie is best served warm. You can store it on your counter by lightly covering with wax paper. If stored in the fridge, the pie crust may turn a little soggy. It can be toasted in the toaster oven to firm up.
    Easy Apple Pie with Lattice Top at Sweetie Pie and Cupcakes

Notes

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