Easy Deep-Dish Apple Pie

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.

Easy Deep-Dish Apple Pie
Photo: Brie Passano
Prep Time:
30 mins
Bake Time:
1 hr 5 mins
Total Time:
30 mins
Servings:
8
Yield:
8 slices

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

  • cup shortening

  • 6 tablespoon cold water

Directions

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  1. 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.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

447 Calories
19g Fat
66g Carbs
5g Protein
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.

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