Easy Apple Pie

November 17, 2021
Recipe By: Heather Kelley

This Easy Apple Pie is a recipe passed down from my mom to you. The spices in this pie, make it extra tasty. Also, it’s about the easiest homemade pie crust that you’ll ever make.

Prep Time20 min
Cook Time50 min
Total Time1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Easy No Rolling Pie Crust

**DOUBLE RECIPE IF YOU WANT A TOP CRUST
1 1/2 C Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
2 TB Sugar
1/2 C Oil of Choice (I used olive oil)
2 TB Milk of Choice
1 Egg (Optional for egg wash)
Parchment Paper (optional)
Non Stick Spray (optional)

Apple Pie Filling

4 Honey Crisp Apples
3/4 C White Sugar
1/4 C Packed Brown Sugar
3 TBS Flour
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1/4 tsp Salt
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 Stick Butter

Method

Preparing the spices

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

In a mixing bowl, add the flour, salt and sugar from the pie crust ingredients list. Mix together with a fork until combined.

Add the oil and milk from the pie crust ingredients list and stir until it comes together. Don’t over mix as it toughens the dough.

Using your fingers, take portions of your prepared dough and press it into a 9″ pie pan. Press around the sides, gather more dough and press the bottom. Continue until the entire pie pan is filled with crust. Cut off any excess dough hanging over the pan with a sharp knife. Feel free to leave the edges as is for a rustic looking crust, or use your fingers to “pinch” the top to create a decorative design. Set aside.

In a bowl, combine the sugar, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt from the apple pie filling list. Stir until combined. Cut up the apples into bite sized chunks and throw them into the bowl. Add the vanilla, and stir to combine.

Using a knife, cut the butter into approx 5-6 slices. Place butter slices on top of the apples.

If doubling the pie crust recipe to use for a top crust, you have two options. 1 – You can take pinches of the dough and place on top of the apples for a rustic look. 2 – You can roll it out: Take out 2 sheets of parchment paper and spraying one side on each paper with non stick spray.

Place your dough on top of one sheet (sprayed side up), and place the other sheet (sprayed side down) on top of the dough. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough until the dough is large enough to cover your pie and your desired thickness.

Peel the top layer of the parchment off of the rolled out dough. Cut a decorative design, then, using the other sheet of parchment as a guide, flip your top crust onto your pie. Peel off parchment carefully as dough can tear. using a knife, cut around the edges to take excess crust off. Using your fingers, pinch the edges, sealing the crust.

For a “polished” finish, crack an egg into a bowl and beat until scrambled. Using a pastry brush or fingers, brush on the egg wash all over the crust. Cover with tin foil.

Bake for 30 minutes at 425 degrees F. After 30 minutes, remove the foil and reduce the oven to 325 degrees F. Bake for another 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 20 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Easy Pie Crust Video

Easy Apple Pie - Crust Instructions

First you’ll want to mix the dry ingredients together. This allows the salt and sugar to be evenly mixed throughout the dough. Next, you’ll add in the oil and milk. Feel free to use whatever oil or milk you have around your home. This recipe easily can convert into a vegan recipe as the crust doesn’t use butter and you can use whatever milk substitute you’d like.

I use extra virgin olive oil because I like the flavor, and that’s what I have in my home. Avocado oil, sunflower oil, or any other liquid oil would work great with this too!

Now that you’ve added the oil and milk, using a spatula or a fork, stir the mixture together until it’s fully combined. The nice thing about this recipe is not only do you not have to roll it out, but you don’t even need to use your hands to mix it.

Now that your dough is mixed, it’s time to start putting it into your pie pan. Using your fingers, take small portions of the dough and press it onto your pie pan. Continue to do this all the way around until your crust covers your pie pan completely. That’s it! Easy right?!

Easy Apple Pie - Filling

I love “dump” recipes where basically you dump everything into a bowl and mix. That’s exactly what this is! In a bowl, pour in your dry ingredients. Cut up your apples into bite sized pieces, dump them in. Then pour in your vanilla extract, mix, done! I mean, can it get any easier?

Easy Apple Pie - Top Crust

If you’re wanting to make a top crust, you can do it two ways. First, you’ll need to double the recipe (obviously). Then, you can do 1 of 2 things:

1: You can continue the easy “play dough” method, and take pieces of pie crust dough, smash it between your fingers to flatten it out, and lay it over the top of your filling in little pieces. This pie crust is incredibly delicious and will be a welcome crunch and flavor to any pie. Adding it to the top like this is a great choice.

2: Roll the dough out. Rolling this dough out is totally an option! Here’s a really easy, stress free way to do that.

Take two sheets of parchment paper and spray them with nonstick spray. Any nonstick spray will work. Place one parchment sheet down, sprayed side up, and place the crumbly dough on top. It’s ok if it’s not in a perfect ball. As it rolls out, it will grab a hold to the rest of the dough.

Then, take the other piece of oiled parchment and place it sprayed side down on to of the dough, making a parchment dough sandwich. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough until your desired thickness and size are reached. Next, peel off the top layer of parchment. Feel free to make a design with a sharp knife before placing the dough on the pie.

Finally, flip the dough and parchment onto your prepared pie, using the parchment to help you guide it into place. Peel the parchment off slowly, being careful not to tear the dough. If you do tear, don’t worry! You can squish it back together, or leave it. The wonderful part about this crust, as it bakes, it tends to hide or beautify any mistakes like that.