Recipes and Cooking Easy Deep-Dish Apple Pie Be the first to rate & review! More filling? Yes, please! Baking a simple apple pie recipe in a deep-dish pie pan adds even more apples to each slice, and we'll never say no to more delicious, cinnamon-spiced filling. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on August 28, 2020 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Brie Passano Prep Time: 30 mins Bake Time: 1 hrs 5 mins Total Time: 30 mins Servings: 8 Yield: 8 slices Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 1 recipe Pastry for Double-Crust Pie ¾ cup sugar 3 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 8 cup thinly sliced, peeled apples Milk (optional) Pastry for Double-Crust Pie 2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour ¾ teaspoon salt ⅔ cup shortening 6 tablespoon cold water Directions Preheat oven to 450°F. Prepare Pastry for Double-Crust Pie. On a lightly floured surface use your hands to slightly flatten one pastry ball. Roll out pastry to a 14-inch circle. Line a 9-inch deep-dish ceramic or glass pie plate with a pastry circle. For filling, in an extra-large bowl stir together sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Add apples; toss to coat. Transfer filling to pastry-lined pie plate. Trim bottom pastry to edge of pie plate. Roll out remaining pastry into a 14-inch circle. Cut slits in pastry circle; place on filling and seal. Crimp edge. If desired, brush top pastry with milk and sprinkle with additional sugar. Place a foil-lined baking sheet on rack below pie in oven. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F. Bake 50 to 60 minutes more or until filling is bubbly in center. If needed to prevent overbrowning, cover pie loosely with foil the last 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Pastry for Double-Crust Pie Stir together all-purpose flour and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until pieces are pea size. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cold water over part of the mixture; gently toss with a fork. Push moistened dough to the side of the bowl. Repeat, using 1 tablespoon cold water at a time, until all the dough is moistened. Basic Apple Pie Prepare as directed, except use a standard 9-inch pie plate and roll pastry circles to 12-inch diameters. Use 1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar and reduce flour to 2 Tbsp. and apples to 6 cups. Bake as directed.Per serving: 405 cal., 19 g fat (7 g sat. fat), 15 mg chol., 339, mg sodium, 55 g carb., 3 g fiber, 21 g sugar, 5 pro. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 447 Calories 19g Fat 66g Carbs 5g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 8 Calories 447 % Daily Value * Total Fat 19g 24% Saturated Fat 7g 35% Cholesterol 15mg 5% Sodium 339mg 15% Total Carbohydrate 66g 24% Total Sugars 30g Protein 5g Vitamin C 3.8mg 19% Calcium 14mg 1% Iron 2mg 11% Potassium 134mg 3% Fatty acids, total trans 2g Folate, total 77.7mcg Vitamin B-12 0mcg Vitamin B-6 0.1mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.