Old Fashioned Deep Dish Apple Pie Recipe

Old Fashioned Deep Dish Apple Pie recipe is an easy way to make apple pie. This apple slab pie has no bottom crust, instead the apples are layered in a 9 x 9 inch baking dish with one crust layered over top.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple cobbler with pie crust, apple slab pie, apple slab pie with no bottom crust, deep dish apple pie, old fashioned deep dish apple pie recipe

Servings: servings

Calories: 409kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

Apple Pie Filling

10 - 12 cups apples, peeled and sliced
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons butter (or margarine)

Crust (option to skip and buy pre-made pie crust dough in a roll)

1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening (add 1 additional tablespoon)
2 - 3 Tablespoons cold water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Mix sugar, flour, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon and salt; add peeled and sliced apples and mix together.
Pour apples in to a 9 x 9 inch square baking dish. Dot the top with butter.
To prepare crust, combine 1 cup flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt; cut in shortening (1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon). A pastry blender, 2 forks or a knife works. Cut into pea sized pieces.
Add water 1 tablespoon at a time until a dough ball forms.
Roll out dough on a floured surface to make a 10-in square. Fold over rolling pin an place on top of apples.
Fold the edges of the crust under just inside the edge of the pan. Cut slits into the top of the dough.
Bake for 50 - 60 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. To prevent the top from getting too brown, vent with foil half way through baking.

Notes

You can make your own one-crust pie crust for this recipe which is super easy and yummy as can be OR use the store bought pie dough that comes in a roll.
If you aren't a fan of nutmeg, it could be omitted.
The apples get completely cooked; so if you like a firmer bite to your apples in an apple cobbler or apple pie, either cut your apples thicker or do not cook as long.
The pie crust will get too brown, so be sure to vent with foil about half way through baking.
Love apples? Try his amazing Apple Crisp recipe from Minnesota.
Please note that the carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on the products you use. The auto-calculation is an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.

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