Full disclaimer, I am not a pie person. If you give me a choice between pie and any other dessert, 9 times out of 10 I’m choosing something else. That is, unless this Homemade Apple Pie is one of my options.
Years ago, our church did a pie making activity with all the women in our neighborhood. We had a woman come who was known as “The Pie Lady”. She taught people from all over how to make pie. Not being much of a fan of pie, I had never had the desire to make it, but knowing that I wouldn’t be completely domesticated until I did so, I gave it a whirl.
One of the recipes she gave was for this particular apple pie that I’m going to share. I fell in love. It has a unique technique done on the crust which is what I usually don’t like about pie, and there is something miles above homemade pie filling that will transform any pie.
Here is the recipe that here and there will bring me to the pie side.
The filling recipe makes enough for 5 pies (or about 3 pies if you like to mound the apples up high!)
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If you want to change up your Thanksgiving pie, or just want to impress the fam, try this recipe. Let us know what you think.
The pic looks wonderful, but I hope there is a typo in the recipe. It says 6 1/2 cups of sugar? Yikes! That can’t be right, can it? I’ve never ever seen an apple pie recipe that used more than a cup of sugar max.
Sorry that wasn’t clear. Yes 6 1/2 cups of sugar is correct. This makes enough filling for 5 pies.
Yes, that is right! Sounds crazy at first glance, but this recipe makes enough filling for 3-4 pies depending on how full you fill them. Still a lot of sugar, but not when it’s divided by 4. You can freeze the filling or keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.