Name: Apple Pie Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 6 apples cooked large; 3/4 cup water; 1 tbs sugar *to taste; 2 cups self-raising flour; 125g butter; 2 tbs sugar; 1 egg; 2 tbs water

by Kayliz Last updated on 06/01/2023

This is my Mum's apple pie and everyone comments on how delicious the pastry is. Beautiful served with custard or ice-cream. - Kayliz

Ingredients

6 apples cooked large
3/4 cup water
1 tbs sugar *to taste

Pastry

2 cups self-raising flour
125g butter
2 tbs sugar
1 egg
2 tbs water

Method

Step 1

Peel and slice apples into a medium-sized pot with sugar and water.
Step 2

Bring to boil and simmer until cooked. Drain and cool.
Step 3

Sift flour into mixing bowl and add sugar and butter. Rub in with fingers until mixture resembles crumbs.
Step 4

Add beaten egg and water.
Step 5

Roll out half the mix with rolling pin adding flour as needed. Cover bottom of greased and floured pie dish with rolled out pastry, add apples and repeat with the rest of the pastry on the top.
Step 6

Cut around edge of pie dish with a knife and press layers together with a floured fork. Brush with a little milk and sprinkle with caster sugar.
Step 7

Bake at 180C (170C fan forced) for approximately 45-60 minutes until brown.

Equipment

1 pastry brush
1 pie pans

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

You can roll out the remainder of the pastry and spread with jam, roll up and cook with the pie. This makes a nice slice. Use butter or margarine.

For a quick solution, swap homemade pastry for 2-3 sheets of frozen sweet shortcrust pastry.

Editor's Note: We made our pie with a lattice top by cutting the pastry into long strips and laying them horizontally and vertically. Carefully weave the pastry strips under and over each other in a basket weave pattern.