Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

Name: Old-Fashioned Apple Pie recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 8 apples medium; 2/3 cup sugar; 1/4 cup self-raising flour; 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 pinch salt; 2 tbs butter; 2 sheets puff pastry

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DifficultyEasy
Prep0:15
Cook1:20
Serves 8

An easy delicious apple pie just like grandma used to make.

Ingredients

8 apples medium
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup self-raising flour
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 pinch salt
2 tbs butter
2 sheets puff pastry

Method

Step 1

Heat oven to 220C.
Step 2

Peel, core and slice the apples, keeping the thickness of slices even.
Step 3

Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.
Step 4

Stir in apples.
Step 5

Pour into pastry-lined pie plate and dot with butter.
Step 6

Cover with top crust and seal the edges. Cut slits in the top.
Step 7

Cover edge with a 5 cm strip of aluminium foil to prevent too much browning.
Step 8

Cook for 40-50 minutes until juice bubbles through slits.
Step 9

Remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking.