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8 small Granny Smith apples, or as needed
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½ cup unsalted butter
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3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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½ cup packed brown sugar
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½ cup white sugar
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¼ cup water
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1 (9 inch) double-crust pie pastry, thawed
Christmas Apple Pie
Bake the perfect homemade Christmas apple pie this holiday season! Filled with sweet, spiced apples and a buttery, flaky crust, this classic dessert is a must-have for your Christmas dinner or holiday gatherings. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream for the ultimate festive treat!
Ingredients
Procedure
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- Peel and core apples, then slice thinly and set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and stir to form a paste; cook until fragrant, (about 1 to 2 min).
- Add both sugars and water and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 3 to 5 minutes then remove from the heat.
- Press one pastry into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie pan. Roll out remaining pastry so it will overhang the pie by about 1/2 inch.
- Cut pastry into eight 1-inch strips.
- Place sliced apples into the bottom crust, forming a slight mound.
- Lay four of the pastry strips vertically (evenly spaced) over apples. Use longer strips in the middle and shorter strips at edges.
- Make a lattice crust:
- Fold first and third strips all the way back so they're almost falling off the pie.
- Lay one of the unused strips perpendicularly over the second and fourth strips, then unfold the first and third strips back into their original position.
- Fold the second and fourth vertical strips back.
- Lay one of the three unused strips perpendicularly over top then unfold the second and fourth strips back into their original position.
- Repeat steps to weave in the last two strips of pastry.
- Fold and trim excess dough at the edges as needed. Pinch to secure.
- Gently pour sugar-butter mixture over lattice crust, ensuring it seeps over sliced apples. Brush onto lattice, just make sure it doesn't run off the sides.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Continue baking until apples are soft. (35 to 45 minutes.)
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