Who else loves apples in the fall? When planning our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, one recipe is sure to find its way to our table. My husband’s apple pie.
I know, right? My husband? The manly protector of our country and family. The hunter of deer and elk. The teacher of firearms safety and accurate shooting to hundreds. Yes, my husband. I honestly think he loves this recipe because it’s the one time his garage power tools are allowed in my kitchen!
To save time, and it’s actually super fun, we use his cordless drill (obviously we sanitize the spade bit) and shove the apple core through. Using two people, one holds the drill, and one holds the apple peeler. Check out this video on my TikTok to see it in action.
Without further ado, my husband’s apple pie recipe.
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My Husband’s Apple Pie
INGREDIENTS
2 – 9” double crust pie pastry
FILLING
9 cups (about 8 small) granny smith green apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup water
DIRECTIONS
Step 1
Peel and core apples. Then thinly slice. Set aside.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Step 3
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and stir to form a paste. Cook until fragrant, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add both sugars and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Step 4
Press one pastry into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie pan. Roll out the remaining pastry so it will overhang the pie by about 1/2 inch. Cut pastry into eight 1-inch strips.
Step 5
Place sliced apples in the bottom crust, forming a slight mound.
Step 6
Lay four strips vertically and evenly spaced over top of the filled pie, using longer strips in the center and shorter strips at the edges.
Step 7
Fold the first and third strips all the way back so they’re almost falling off the pie. Lay one of the unused strips perpendicular over the second and fourth strips, then unfold the first and third strips back into their original position.
Step 8
Fold the second and fourth vertical strips back. Lay one of the three unused strips perpendicular over top. Unfold the first and third strips back into their original position.
Step 9
Repeat Steps 7 and 8 to weave in the last two strips of pastry. Fold and trim excess dough at the edges as necessary and pinch to secure.
Step 10
Slowly and gently pour the sugar-butter mixture over the crust, making sure it seeps down through the lattice and over the sliced apples. Brush some over the top of the lattice, but make sure it doesn’t run off the sides.
Step 11
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until apples are soft, 35 to 45 minutes.
My husband likes to serve this pie warm with scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Enjoy!
Originally published October 2022.
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