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God Bless America and Plain Old Apple Pie

by Joan Robinett Wilson on June 19, 2011

plain old apple pie

Apple pie, what can  you say about it?  It ranks right up there on the list of all that is good about America:  puppies, the emancipation proclamation, hershey candy bars, Bruce Springsteen, indoor plumbing, Benjamin Moore paint, women voting and driving, levis, my kids’ teachers, J.P. Patches, Lilly Pulitzer….   Oh my, the list is endless so I better stop now.

I am proud to be an American when I have apple pie in the oven and right now I do.  Unfortunately, I won’t be able to eat it because it is for my Dad for Father’s Day. Plain old apple pie is also the third pie I made for my ladies’ tennis party. I have never made an apple pie that is not the basic old apple pie. Therefore,  I thought my first apple pie, in my year of pies,  should just be the old stand-by and I will take a walk on the wild side with my subsequent apple pie concoctions. So, here it is -plain old apple pie:

Plain Old Apple Pie

Ingredients:

  • 5-6 Large apples (I use granny smith), peeled, cored and chopped up
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 2-3 T. flour
  • 1 t. cinnamon or 2 t. lemon zest
  • 1/8 t. salt
  • 1 recipe of pie crust
  • 2 T. butter, cut into small pieces

Cooking Directions:

  1. Line a pie pan with pie dough.
  2. Mix together apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon or lemon, and salt.
  3. Put into the bottom crust and level out with a spoon. Dot with the butter.
  4. Cover the pie with the upper crust. Prick to vent the upper crust.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes at 425 degrees, then reduce the heat to 350 (you can slip a baking sheet under at this point) and bake another 30-45 minutes.
  6. Enjoy!
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  1. Lynn Schilaty says

    June 21, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    I’ve been thinking…you and your family must be getting tired of testing all of your recipes, so I think we should be the new taste testers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything looks amazing! Love apple pie, doesn’t get much better than that.

    Reply
    • architect mom says

      June 27, 2011 at 8:31 pm

      I know – but you should try this week’s strawberry rhubarb that I’ve yet to post – yummy!

      Reply
  2. Rachel - A Southern Fairytale says

    June 21, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    I love apple pie, but I must admit my favorite apple pie is the sour cream one! 😉
    Glad you’re having so much fun!

    Reply
    • architect mom says

      June 27, 2011 at 8:30 pm

      Thanks for commenting! I’m so excited – you’re my first commenter that I don’t personally know! Love your blog 🙂

      Reply
  3. Shelley Barker says

    June 25, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    Pie looks yummy…but yay for JP Patches!

    Reply
    • architect mom says

      June 27, 2011 at 8:32 pm

      And yay for Boris S. Wart!

      Reply

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    December 3, 2011 at 7:24 am

    […] love caramel with apples. But, if I were to do make this pie again, I would make the apple pie, my usual way and then add the baked on caramel […]

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