Grammy's Kitchen · Apple Pie · Apple Pie
One of 64 apple pie recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 64.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 91% | 14% |
| liquid | 20% | 3% |
| total sugar | 62% | 54% |
| egg | 17% | 10% |
| salt | 2% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup unsalted butter (cold, cubed) |
| 102 g | 1/2 cup shortening (cold, cubed) |
| 104 g | 6-8 tablespoons ice water |
| 800 g | 8 cups apples peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick (I like ginger gold or granny smith) |
| 31 g | 2 tablespoons lemon juice |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup granulated sugar |
| 22 g | 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger |
| egg wash | |
| coarse sugar |
Method: 9 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.