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My best apple pie recipe ever: sugary baked soft apples in a crunchy homemade pie crust... A classic pie made from scratch!

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My best apple pie recipe ever: sugary baked soft apples in a crunchy homemade pie crust... A classic pie made from scratch then!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 to 6
Calories per serving 432 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups plain flour (315 g)
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar (30 g)
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (225 g) ice cold, diced
  • 5 tbsp water (ice cold)
  • salt

Instructions

  1. Pour the plain flour in a clean blender. Add the caster sugar, a pinch of salt and the ice cold diced butter.
    My best apple pie recipe ever: sugary baked soft apples in a crunchy homemade pie crust... A classic pie made from scratch!
  2. Pulse into a dry crumble. Then add the ice cold water to the flour.
    My best apple pie recipe ever: sugary baked soft apples in a crunchy homemade pie crust... A classic pie made from scratch!
  3. Pulse well until you get a moist dough. Then add extra flour if it is too wet or an extra drop of water if it is too dry. The dough shouldn't be sticky.
    My best apple pie recipe ever: sugary baked soft apples in a crunchy homemade pie crust... A classic pie made from scratch!
  4. Transfer it to a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough quickly for two minutes until it is smooth. Then wrap the dough loosely up in some cling film and let it rest at room temperature until needed again.
    My best apple pie recipe ever: sugary baked soft apples in a crunchy homemade pie crust... A classic pie made from scratch!