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This apple pie is not your typical dessert. The filling is caramelized apples held together with a very glossy, just-thick-enough apple syrup.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 (14.1 ounce) package pie crust double-crust pie pastry, thawed (such as Pillsbury)
- 4 large red apples, cored and thinly sliced
Directions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Step 2
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, white sugar, water, cinnamon, and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar, then remove caramel sauce from heat.
Step 3
Unroll a pie crust and press into a 9-inch pie dish. Place apples into crust. Unroll second pie crust on a work surface and cut into 8 (1-inch-wide) strips. Arrange strips in a criss-cross pattern over apples or weave into a lattice crust. Crimp bottom crust over ends of lattice strips with your fingers.
Step 4
Spoon caramel sauce over pie, covering lattice strips; let remaining sauce drizzle over crust and onto filling.
Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until crust is golden brown, caramel on top crust is set, and filling is bubbly, 35 to 40 more minutes. Allow to cool completely before slicing.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 8 | |
| Calories 454 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat23g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat10g | 50% |
| Cholesterol23mg | 8% |
| Sodium254mg | 11% |
| Total Carbohydrate61g | 22% |
| Dietary Fiber4g | 16% |
| Total Sugars31g | |
| Protein4g | |
| Vitamin C5mg | 26% |
| Calcium30mg | 2% |
| Iron2mg | 9% |
| Potassium194mg | 4% |
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient.If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.
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I think this is a fantastic Apple pie! I have never used a store bought pie crust but I realise you were only experimenting, and yes you can use any ole apple to make an apple pie, I have tried them all and they all work just fine! I will make this pie again for sure.
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Not sure what went wrong. Maybe it’s because I used regular salted butter since that’s all I had on hand. But there was no “gooey caramel”, just sauce the consistency of broth. Possibly boiling longer would help. Even after 15 extra minutes of cooking, the bottom crust was not done. Too many apples that didn’t hold any semblance to pie. It looked great before cutting, and once I made some penuche and poured over the top, it served up like an apple crisp.
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Excellent tasting and easy to make. The first one I made seemed to have too much syrup in it even after cooling. It was not big deal… I just drained the excess and it was fine. This time I didn’t use all of the caramelized syrup.
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Best Apple Pie I have Tasted. Didn’t look like the picture but tasted fantastic. Will definetly use this recipe again tks
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very good
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Priceless
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Excellent recipe. I added lemon and orange essence, due to lack of lemons. I recommend the recipe.
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Just tried this for the first time; really great recipe, and so easy! I added 2 tablespoons of flour, a dash of nutmeg, and a tablespoon of lemon juice based on the ingredients I saw for another apple pie. That thickened up the juice and gave it a great taste. And I know it was probably inferred (and of course I completely forgot), but next time I’ll skin the apple, lol.
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We just finished tasting. The pie tastes amazing! What an easy recipe. We will definitely use this recipe again!
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Great recipe. The first time I baked this pie the juices were a bit runny for me so the next time I did it I added about 1 TB of flour to the apple mixture and it thickened nicely.
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added 2 T light brown sugar. Made my own pie crust. Loved it.
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Loved this recipe! my husband was actually upset when he ate the last piece. Best if you leave to sit for awhile so syrup thickens. Going to make another this weekend! thanks
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Great! I just added the apples to the caramel sauce and then wove the pie crust over the top. Caramel sauce doesn’t taste very sweet but after cooked, it tastes delicious! Great recipe! Homeade crust tastes the best with this recipe.
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Just made this for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. Followed the recipe exactly. Turned out perfect. I hope it taste as good as it looks
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this was by far the BEST apple pie recipe ever! I am a complete novice, and this was easy and tasty. Gotta work on the presentation, but I assume that takes time. I did add two tbsp of flour to thicken up the sauce. This will be a weekly favorite.
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This recipe could not have been easier and as tasty. I’m afraid to make it again or I will put some serious weight on!
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This apple pie is amazing! I made it for Christmas and it was the highlight of dinner! Everything is amazing, including the caramel sauce. The only thing I have to say is that I didn’t need four apples, I only used three and it fit perfectly! Love this!
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This is a great recipe! Its so easy and so delicious! I made it for my thanksgiving dinner and people loved it. We had a ready crust but used the already made dough for the cross-top. Just caramelize the sugar, pour it on top, stick in in the oven then vwah-la. Tasty applepie
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Made this for the second time yesterday and it WAS great!
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The taste was excellent. I need to work on the presentation, had trouble with the weaving and criss crossing. Also, my sauce did not thicken. May try flour next time but will definately make it again. It was a hit at our cookout.
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It is probably best to use Granny Smith’s on this recipe because it can be a little too sweet. We found our “caramel” sauce to be too runny. So I will adjust our recipe. Otherwise Excellent!! I love Chef John
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This is absolutely a keeper! After reading the other reviews I did use about 2 T of flour with the apples to cut down on the potential for the sauce to be too runny. I also didn’t use quite all of the caramel sauce and it turned out perfect!
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absolutely delicious…this is a keeper!!!
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Awesome!! Quick and easy, will definitely make again!!
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Tried this recipe today; delicious. Used a tad less sugar since I don’t like things overly sweet. Came out perfectly.
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Excellent and easy recipe. I used store bought pie crusts with this recipe and my own pie pan. This is a new favorite. I would not change a thing about the recipe but just added some lemon juice on the apples. YUM!
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I made this recipe today. Used regular butter, splenda instead of sugar, added a lil fresh lemon juice, and also buttered the bottom crust and baked it for about 10 minutes to make sure it was done before adding the rest. my butter mixture wasn’t thick it was syrupy but the pie still came out tremendous. .. Great easy quick recipe, will make again
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If you follow the recipe without adding anything, this is hands down a 5 star recipe. I don’t like nutmeg or apple pie spice – I’m strictly all about brown sugar and cinnamon when it comes to baking with apples. I know, I’m probably not normal but I like keeping things simple. BTW – this is no means a simple tasting pie! It’s delish, no need to add lemon or orange essence (really, who does that to apple pie?) nutmeg or flour. And how simple was it to make by making a syrup and pouring on the pie? Can’t get easier than that. The only thing that was hard was peeling the apples and slicing them. Even the hubs liked it considering he’s not a an apple pie lover. Don’t change a thing, kudos to Chef John!
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Excellent! An easy apple pie to add to your Thanksgiving dessert buffet. Have made this two years in row and received top notch reviews both times. Will be on the table again this year.i
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Easy enough and great! I usually drain the syrup sauce out a little though and it’s good to go!
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Perfect and easy. I only subbed golden delicious apples and made a little extra sauce for dripping over the ice cream we served along with it. Mine took 50 minutes after lowering the temperature-probably b/c of the cookie sheet I put underneath to catch the drippy overflow.
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The pie was overall very good, if you like to eat pie in bowls. The sauce was very unfortunately runny thought surprisingly the pie crust didn’t turn soggy. Next time, I’ll probably add some flour and mix the apples with the sauce beforehand. But, it’s apple pie. And apple pie is delicious anyway it’s cooked
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This was really good. We’d been to an apple orchard in Iowa and had an abundance of Jonathan apples. They were not large, so just measured 6 cups of peeled and sliced. Did not make a lattice for top, but used a lot of cut outs instead. So yummy – of course, it is from Chef John!
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I especially loved the idea of the egg wash & the oven at 425 for 15 minuets and 350 for the last. Beautiful!!
I especially loved the idea of egg wash and the higher heat of 425 for 15 minuets and lower heat for 30ish minuets. Beautiful!!!! I am excieted to try chef Johns pecan pie!
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So easy and delicious, too!!! I’m glad I came across this recipe. I will definitely make this one again…it’s too easy not to! (I did follow the recipe exactly)
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I have used this for the past two years with my high school special education students and we LOVE it! This year my 5 and 8 year old made two to take to Thanksgiving! Thanks so much for sharing this!
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Absolutely amazing!! I did add corn starch to help thicken it because stayed alittle watery but it is soooooo good!! Thank you for sharing!!
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absolutley positively the BEST apple pie I have ever tasted in my whole life!!! Off the charts!
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Great!
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Easy to make and family loved it!
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I made this pie a few years ago and traveled it 400 miles for Christmas dinner with my family. It was a huge hit! Everyone loved it! I have made it 7 or 8 times since then. It is great at holiday time but I make it occasionally just for my husband as he fell in love with this pie! I did not change a thing with the recipe other than using different kinds of apples. Thanks Chef John!!
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We recently bought a house and are lucky enough to have an apple tree on our property. I wanted to find an easy apple pie recipe (since I have never made one) and I came across this one, and decided to try it. WOW! It came our fabulous. Super easy and super delicious :))
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This pie is absolutely amazing! Followed the exact directions, it was Super easy, and I actually didn’t have a problem with the caramel sauce being too runny. The shell is crisp also.
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It is very easy and very good, first one was quite runny, just drained the excess juice and the pie was fine. My husband asked me to make another one right away, this time I tried boiling the sauce longer to see if that would thicken it up some, haven’t cut this one yet so don’t know if that worked.
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It is very easy and very good, first one was quite runny, just drained the excess juice and the pie was fine. My husband asked me to make another one right away, this time I tried boiling the sauce longer to see if that would thicken it up some, haven’t cut this one yet so don’t know if that worked.
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I adore Chef Johns recipes. I have made his meatloaf, Swedish meatballs, pumpkin pie and he is so talented and full of so many tips. I got so many compliments on this pie for thanksgiving last year. it’s so easy and delicious too!
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Phenomenal taste!! I am fairly certain I could eat the whole pie myself if my family would just get out of the way! I would give it five stars but for the fact that it fell apart as we were taking it out of the pan. But the taste was so yummy that no one cared!
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I wasn’t sure what I’d think about making an apple pie this differently, but I LOVE IT! I’ve been trying new Apple pie recipes and this is one of my favorites! The family loves it as well.
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The sauce ended up kind of watery. Maybe next time I will leave out the 1/4 cup of water? I also added a touch more cinnamon. I will use more apples next time too.
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Thank you Chef John.I used you apple pie recipe. Its turn out excellent. I love it. my kids love too. This is my very first time make apple pie. Happy Thanksgiving. This is part of my Thanksgiving meals.
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I made it with two cans of apple pie filling, and it was still the best pie I ever made! Nothing but rave reviews from guests.
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I like this recipe, but it was not my personal best. I had “helpers” baking the pie with me. I found it to be too flat, but that may also be because my 12 year old insisting on helping, minced the apples!! I also used a Pillsbury pie crust (which I will never use again). Next time I will be making my crust from scratch.
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This was a big hit this Thanksgiving! Lots of compliments and the pie disappeared. Perfectly spiced and interesting, despite the ease of making it.
Only alternations I made were that I made my own pie crust from scratch, I cooked for an extra 15 mins to try and evaporate out extra liquids (which didn’t help too much). I also added a little sprinkling of nutmeg.
As to the extra liquid, I thought it was perfect because I baked the day before serving. So in reheating the second day, I didn’t find that cutting and serving was extra gooey or anything. It didn’t cut perfectly clean, but that was more a factor of large chunks of apple and a delicate lattice than anything else.
Will definitely make again.
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I made it exactly to the recipe. First time! I had a problem with my crust. I had a 9 oz box instead of 15 oz and didn’t have enough for the top layer. 🙁 Otherwise, it tasted delicious and was a hit on Thanksgiving. Will make it again and get it right. Oh, 4 apples was too many. I could only fit about 3 in the pie. Delicious!
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Very simple pie and the whole family enjoyed it very much.
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When I was making this, I got a bit confuse if I was doing it right or wrong. But then as I learn my way through this baking it turned out awesome. I had made this for thanksgiving and X-mas Eve. This brought lots of joy in my table. Thank you!
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I really enjoyed this recipe. However I did adjust it a bit. I used my own pie crust recipe. Also the apples I seasoned with a little cinnamon, nutmeg, and apple spice seasoning. Just a pinch or two of each seasoning to toss the apples in. It is phenomenal!
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Great Apple pie, my husband is still talking….
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Oh. My. Apple pie. Absolutely amazing. Topped with Whip cream.
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The results were watery. It needed some flour or other thickening agent in order to compensate for the moisture in the apples.
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Made this last night. A little disappointed — wish the kind of apples to use was specified:(. Used Granny Smith — very tart / hard / and yielded no juice making the pie very dry and tart tasting. Will try again with different apples that yield more juice. Also I would mix the syrup in with the apples before placing in crust. Didn’t seem like the apples were evenly covered with syrup:(
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I make this pie on a regular basis for my guy and I, we just love it! I love how simple it is and this takes nothing away from the flavor, I promise. It’s amazing just the way it’s written, no changes needed!
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I followed the direction exactly although I did use Granny Smith apples (personal preference). And I tossed the apples with 2 Tbsp. flour like Chef John suggested for a thicker filling. SO EASY & EVERYONE LOVED IT! It did take 40 minutes longer at 350 degrees F than the recipe but I am always having issues with my oven so totally not the recipes fault. My husband was so excited when he came home from work & I had made him an apple pie for no reason other than to make him happy. I was happy because it was just so darn easy.
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YUMMY!
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This is definitely my go-to apple pie recipe! A hit Every.Single.Time! I’ve added a few spices to make it my own, and sometimes let the apples soak in cinnamon and a bit of lemon juice before putting it in the pie crust.
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My 9 year old daughter made this apple pie and it taste great. It was simple to make and the whole family enjoyed it. She needs to still work on presentation, but it taste great!
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This was really easy to make. I used a mandolin actually to cut the apples so it would be much easier and I didnt have to cut the cores out. Also instead of brown sugar since there was none on hand I used all white. Came out exactly like the photo just follow the recipe exactly as said and you’ll have a great pie.
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Best and easiest apple pie ever! I did triple the apples. I was trying to clean up my trees before fall.
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Good recipe
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I personally didn’t like it. It was very runny, and not a whole lot of flavor. I followed the recipe to a T. The crust was yummy but that’s about it. Not making it again.
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Great recipe! This apple pie was easy to make and delicious.
I like that it was not overly sweet as some apple pies are. I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out wonderful. -
I watch Chef John’s video but never found the recipe so I improvised – I used the recipe above with slight modifications: I used gala apples (8 small), only 3-4 tablespoons of butter, I used 3 pinches of cornstarch not flour. I never used a saucepan, simply melted butter, blended in the sugars, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon and corn starch then poured the mixture over the apples and coated well. Much simpler. And I didn’t do the lattice pie crust – do the one in the video…Watch Chef John’s video and you will see – BUT he never mentions the amounts on his ingredients. My improvisation worked VERY VERY WELL! This was my 1ST ever apple pie and the 1ST American Apple Pie that my French husband had ever eaten – he loved it! Good Luck!
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This pie was really yummy! I made two at the same time, a slightly smaller one in an aluminum (throw away) pie pan, and the other in a larger glass pie Pyrex. The larger pie turned out a little better, the smaller pie had runny sauce in the bottom (too much) that never thickened up, but the bigger pie turned out just perfect. It was very good! Although, I tried to eat it with ice cream and the pie was very sweet so it wasn’t good with ice cream (the combination was way too sweet) but the pie was very yummy by itself.
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My son is a big apple pie eater. He really like this and I did as well. It’s simple and it came out good.
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This a great recipe! Everyone in the family loved it. I have made the “Grandma Ople’s ” recipe which includes flour as a thickener and that is wonderful too! Will make this one again.
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Pie looked beautiful but…. was VERY watery. Flavor was wonderful but it was just too watery. I guess I should have followed the advise of others and added flour or cornstarch to the apples.
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Soooooo good! I added a little flour to the caramel mixture to make sure it was nice and thick, but that’s it. LOVED it.
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It’s delicious and fun to make with my mom
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I used a frozen gluten-free crust.
It was impossible to add a lattice crust; the second crust broke in several irregular pieces. I realize now I should have just kneaded the top crust and rolled it out again, cut it into strips to form the lattice. -
Fabulous, fast and friendly
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This is the best pie I ever ate in my whole life………..It is addictive …..If I could give it 10 stars I would
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Very good pie. I used homemade pie crust and it was delicious. Second time I made it, I didn’t mix the sauce enough, and the sugar got burnt. I still poured it on my pie and baked it. It was gross, but it was my error, so I don’t blame the recipe for it.
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Simply outstanding and delicious.
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Easy to follow and delicious. Top with an egg wash for a beautiful look. Brought it to a dinner party, and it all got gobbled up.
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I’m not big on apple pie, but this is by far the best apple pie I have had.
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I have never made an apple pie, so this was my first attempt, and it was out of this world delicious!
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I bought the ingredients as listed. My 12 year old daughter did this pie from start to finish with no help. It was absolutely delicious! She enjoyed making this recipe with Chef John’s video. We will definitely make it again but will try adding the 3T of flour he suggested if you desire a thicker apple pie filling. It was still wonderful. We will make sure we have vanilla ice cream next time we make this pie.
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I added lemon juice to the apples so they wouldn’t brown. I loved this recipe! It is super easy and the top of the crust is to die for. The only thing that I didn’t care for was how soupy the inside was. Otherwise, it was great and a hit for my household.
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I made it exactly as listed, and just boiled the sauce until I saw a light sugar crust on it, and then turn off the stove and mixed it all until it re-dissolved into the sauce. I let it cool & thicken a bit before pour it onto/into the pie. Easiest apple pie sauce base that I think I could have made that would taste so good. Will be making this again.
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First time I’ve ever made an apple pie. I have to say it turned out wonderful. Everyone loved it!!
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While this is a good recipe, Grandma Ople’s apple pie, in All Recipes, takes top honors. Please make your own pie crust. It is so easy, and it makes the pie so much better.
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PERFECT AND AWESOME, i LIKE A LITTLE MORE ZIP SO ADDED MORE CINNAMON, BUTTER AND BROWN SUGAR
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this was oh so easy to make. I was only able to get 3 pealed and sliced apples in my 9 inch pie shell
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First time making an apple pie. Followed the recipe exactly with the exception of adding 3T of corn starch to cut down on the excess surypiness that was mentioned in several posts. Tasted great. Looked great too.
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My first review!! Made exactly as the recipe reads and couldn’t be happier! Got rave reviews from the family. Can’t wait to make this again!! = )
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Easy and delicious
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It was delicious. Best apple pie ever
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After reading several reviews, I opted to add 1 1/2 tablespoons of flour to the sauce, but it still wasn’t very thick. The 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon didn’t add enough flavor, and I did add a dash of nutmeg. Easy, yes, but I apparently missed something.
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Yummm-definitely make again…..easy-not too thick. Easy pie to eat
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Chef John does it again. We peeled & cored 5 Red delicious apples BUT had way too may apples to put into one pie shell. We ended up putting it in a 9 x 12 dish. Doubled the sauce. Put the lattice crust on the top. Not too sweet. Crust was nice and crisp with the carmelized sauce.. YUM.
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