Easy Decorative Apple Pie
 
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Easy, delicious homemade apple pie recipe with fresh apples. The easy and decorative pie crust top design a touch of and find tips for choosing the best apples for baking.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 2 cups thinly sliced, peeled apples (2 medium)
  • 3 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 egg (for eggwash)
  • Food color for decoration (optional)
  • 1 refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 380°F.
  2. In a bowl, make the pie filling by gently mixing apples, flour, sugar, lemon juice and spices.
  3. Cut out 2 pie crust in the shape of your pie plate.
  4. Place one cutout crust in pie plate. Press firmly against side and bottom. Prick with a fork.
  5. Spoon apple filling into crust-lined pie plate.
  6. Top with second crust. Wrap excess top crust under bottom crust edge, pressing edges together to seal.
  7. From access pie crust, cut out lantern shapes using cookie cutters. Cut out small slits to let vapor out.
  8. Mix desired food color with egg wash and paint your pie for decoration.
  9. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown.
Notes
The flour tossed with the fresh apples turns their juices into a thickened, spiced sauce during baking.
Recipe by WithASpin at https://withaspin.com/2019/11/01/easy-homemade-apple-pie/