Here’s a classic, reliable homemade pie recipe you can use with almost any fruit filling 🍎🥧
🥧 Classic Double-Crust Pie (Fruit Pie)
🧈 Pie Crust (from scratch)
Ingredients:
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar (optional)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 6–8 tbsp ice water
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, and sugar.
- Cut in cold butter using a pastry cutter or fork until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add ice water 1 tbsp at a time, mixing gently until the dough just comes together.
- Divide into two discs, wrap in plastic, and chill for at least 1 hour.
🍎 Simple Apple Filling
Ingredients:
- 6–7 medium apples (Granny Smith or Honeycrisp work well)
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp butter
Instructions:
- Peel, core, and slice apples.
- Toss with sugar, flour, spices, and lemon juice.
🥧 Assemble & Bake
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Roll out one dough disc and place into a 9-inch pie pan.
- Add apple filling and dot with butter.
- Roll out second crust and place over top. Seal and crimp edges. Cut slits for steam.
- Brush with egg wash (1 egg + 1 tbsp milk) for golden color.
- Bake 45–55 minutes, until crust is golden and filling is bubbling.
- Cool at least 2 hours before slicing.
If you’d like, I can also give you:
- 🥧 Pumpkin pie
- 🫐 Blueberry pie
- 🍫 Chocolate cream pie
- 🥧 No-bake pie
- 🥧 Easy store-bought crust version
What kind of pie are you in the mood for?
