Best 9 Marks Favorite Classic Double Crust Apple Pie Recipes

DOUBLE CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll out one disk of piecrust to a 1/8-inch-thick circle, about 13 inches in diameter. Drape dough over a 9-inch pie pan. Transfer pan to refrigerator, and chill 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Whisk together the egg yolk and cream; set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss together apples, lemon juice, granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; place in chilled bottom crust. Dot with butter.
• Roll out the remaining disk of piecrust as in step one. Brush rim of bottom crust with egg wash. Place second piece of dough on top, and trim so 1 inch overhangs. Tuck dough under, and crimp edges with a fork or your fingers. Transfer pie to the refrigerator, and chill until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Remove pie from the refrigerator, brush with egg wash, and sprinkle generously with sugar. Cut five vents in top to allow steam to escape as the pie bakes.
• Bake until crust begins to turn light brown, about 25 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees, and bake until golden brown and the juices are bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve pie with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

MARK'S FAVORITE CLASSIC DOUBLE-CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• For crust: Whisk flour and salt in large bowl to blend.
• Add butter and shortening and rub in with fingertips until very coarse meal forms.
• Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons water; toss until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if mixture is dry.
• Gather dough into ball; divide in half.
• Flatten into disks.
• Wrap in plastic; chill at least 1 hour.
• (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated. Soften slightly at room temperature before using.) For filling: Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Spray 9-inch-diameter deep-dish glass pie dish with nonstick spray.
• Stir all apples, 3/4 cup sugar, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and vanilla in large bowl to blend.
• Let stand until juices form, about 15 minutes.
• Mix in flour.
• Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12-inch round.
• Place dough in prepared pie dish.
• Spoon in filling; dot with butter.
• Roll out second dough disk to 13-inch round.
• Using small bottle cap, cut out ten 1/2-inch-diameter circles from dough for decoration; discard circles.
• Drape dough over filling.
• Seal top and bottom crust edges together; trim to 1/2-inch overhang.
• Fold overhang under; crimp decoratively.
• Brush pie with milk.
• Combine remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and large pinch of cinnamon in small bowl; sprinkle over pie.
• Transfer pie to baking sheet; place in oven.
• Immediately reduce temperature to 375°F.
• Bake pie until crust is golden brown, apples are tender and filling is bubbling thickly, covering edge with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour.
• Cool 30 minutes.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.
• (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover loosely; store at room temperature.).

DOUBLE CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter in a large, heavy-bottomed saute pan over medium heat. Add the apple wedges and saute until slightly softened but holding their shape, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the 1/2 cup of sugar and stir to combine. Add the raisins, cinnamon, and cloves and stir.
• In a bowl, combine the lemon juice and cornstarch. Stir the mixture into the apple mixture and remove the pan from the heat. Let cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Fill an unbaked bottom crust with apple filling and dot the top crust with the remaining 3 tablespoons butter. Top with a rolled-out top crust. Cut 1/2-inch vents in a round-the-clock pattern into the top crust to allow steam to escape. Brush the top lightly with egg wash and sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Put the pie on a cookie sheet or other low-sided baking tray to catch any spillage. Place on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 20 minutes, checking occasionally to ensure that the top is browning evenly. Rotate the pie 180 degrees to move the front edge to the back of the oven, and bake until the top is uniformly golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes more.
• Remove the pie from the oven and let cool for 20 minutes before slicing and serving.
• Put the flour and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to combine. Add the cold butter cubes and pulse a few times until the mixture begins to become mealy and the butter forms plainly visible pea-size nuggets.
• Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon salt in the water. With the motor running, pour in the water and let mix, just until the dough pulls together. Do not over-mix the dough. If it appears dry and is not holding together, add a few additional tablespoons of water.
• Form the dough into a ball, flatten, and wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Lightly flour a pastry board and a rolling pin and unwrap the dough. Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces and keep the second piece refrigerated. Tamp down the dough with the rolling pin and gently begin to roll it out into a circular pie shape by rolling evenly in one-eighth turns to keep the rolling even. When the dough is rolled out to an even thickness of about 1/8-inch and is about 12 inches in diameter, it is ready to be transferred to a 10-inch pie dish.
• Lightly butter the dish, lift the dough with the rolling pin by partially rolling the dough up on the pin, center the dough in the dish, and unroll. Pierce the dough in several places with the tines of a fork.
• Roll the second half of the dough into a circle slightly larger than the pie dish. Fill the bottom crust with your chosen filling. Cover the filling with the top half of the dough. Using both hands, crimp the edges of the 2 crusts together to seal. With a sharp knife, make several crosshatch slits in the top crust. Brush with the egg wash and bake in a preheated 375 degree Foven for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 20 minutes.

DOUBLE-CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 piece of piecrust to a 1/8-inch-thick circle, about 13 inches in diameter. Drape dough over a 9-inch pie pan. Transfer pan to refrigerator, and chill 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Whisk together the egg yolk and cream; set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss together the apples, lemon juice, granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; place in chilled bottom crust.
• Dot with butter.
• Roll out the remaining sheet of dough.
• Brush the rim of the bottom crust with the egg wash.
• Place second piece of dough on top, and trim so 1-inch overhangs. Tuck the dough under, and crimp the edges with a fork or your fingers.
• Transfer pie to the refrigerator, and chill until firm, about 15 minutes.
• Remove pie from the refrigerator, brush with the egg wash, and sprinkle generously with brown sugar.
• Cut 4 vents in the top, allowing the steam to escape.
• Bake until crust begins to turn light brown, about 25 minutes.
• Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake until golden brown and the juices are bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• Serve pie with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

CLASSIC DOUBLE-CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Whisk flour and salt in large bowl to blend. Add butter and shortening and rub in with fingertips until very coarse meal forms. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons water; toss until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if mixture is dry. Gather dough into ball; divide in half. Flatten into disks. Wrap in plastic; chill at least 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated. Soften slightly at room temperature before using.)
• For filling:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch-diameter deep-dish glass pie dish with nonstick spray. Stir all apples, 3/4 cup sugar, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and vanilla in large bowl to blend. Let stand until juices form, about 15 minutes. Mix in flour.
• Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12-inch round. Place dough in prepared pie dish. Spoon in filling; dot with butter. Roll out second dough disk to 13-inch round. Using small bottle cap, cut out ten 1/2-inch-diameter circles from dough for decoration; discard circles. Drape dough over filling. Seal top and bottom crust edges together; trim to 1/2-inch overhang. Fold overhang under; crimp decoratively. Brush pie with milk. Combine remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and large pinch of cinnamon in small bowl; sprinkle over pie.
• Transfer pie to baking sheet; place in oven. Immediately reduce temperature to 375°F. Bake pie until crust is golden brown, apples are tender and filling is bubbling thickly, covering edge with foil if browning too quickly, about 2 hours. Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover loosely; store at room temperature.)

CIDER DOUBLE-CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Crust: Combine first three ingredients in food processor.
• Add butter and shortening and process until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Combine vinegar and 2 tablespoons ice water in small bowl.
• Add to flour mixture.
• With machine running, gradually add enough remaining water 1 tablespoon at a time to form moist clumps.
• Gather dough into 2 balls and flatten into disks.
• Wrap each disk in plastic wrap.
• Chill 30 minutes.
• (Dough can be prepared ahead and refrigerated for up to 2 days or frozen for 1 month.) Let chilled dough soften slightly at room temperature before using.
• Filling: Boil cider in a heavy, small saucepan until reduced to 2/3 cup (about 25 minutes).
• Cool.
• Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 425 degrees F.
• Combine all apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, mace and salt in large bowl.
• Add reduced cider and lemon juice and toss well.
• Roll out 1 pie crust disk on lightly floured surface to 14-inch-diameter round.
• Roll up dough on rolling pin and transfer to 10-inch-diameter pie plate.
• Gently press into place.
• Trim edges of crust, leaving 1/2-inch overhang.
• Spoon apples into crust-lined pan, mounding in center.
• Dot with butter.
• Roll out second disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch-diameter round.
• Roll up on rolling pin and unroll over pie.
• Trim edges, leaving 3/4-inch overhang.
• Fold overhang of top crust under edge of bottom crust.
• Pinch together to seal.
• Crimp edges to make decorative border.
• Cut several slashes in top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Bake pie 25 minutes at 425 degrees F.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking until filling bubbles (about 50 minutes longer).
• Cover edges of pie with foil if browning too quickly.
• Remove from oven and cool on a rack.
• Serve pie slightly warm or at room temperature.

CLASSIC TWO CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Peel, core and thinly and thickly slice the apples; toss with lemon juice if using.
• Combine and mix apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg; pour into crust-lined pie plate; dot with butter.
• Place top crust, seal and vent; cover edges of crust with narrow band of aluminum foil, shiny side out.
• Bake at 425°F for 20 minutes; reduce temperature to 375°F and bake another 30-40 minutes until filling is bubbling and crust is nicely browned.
• If necessary remove foil last 10 minutes to brown edges.

MISS HATTIE'S APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• Shred the apples into a large bowl. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Mix well and place in bottom crust. Dot the top with 3 tablespoons butter.
• On a cutting board, place rolled out (or packaged) pie crust. With a leaf or apple cookie cutter, cut shapes from the pie crust. Position the cutouts all over the top of the pie, leaving small spaces between cutouts for the vent holes.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove pie from oven and brush with 3 tablespoons melted butter. Return to oven and bake an additional 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Place a piece of aluminum foil under the pan in case it boils over.

BEST EVER CLASSIC APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Fit 1 pie crust to bottom and up side of 9 inch deep dish pie plate. Pick bottom of crust with fork and refrigerate while preparing filling.
• In a small bowl, blend 1/2 cup of the granulated sugar, the light brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Set aside.
• Cut apples into 1/2" pieces. Melt butter over medium heat. Add apples, lemon juice and sugar mixture. Cook about 10 minutes until juices thicken. Cool on a rack for 25 minutes.
• Pour cooled mixture into the prepared crust lined pie plate. Roll second crust to about 12 inches. Cut 1 inch vent hole in center of dough. Transfer dough to top of pie. Crimp edges together and flute decoratively.
• Brush pie with egg mixture.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar. Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes, then reduce temperature to 350°F and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cover pie with foil if it bakes too quickly. Cool at least 1 hour before slicing and serving.