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BA's Best Apple Pie

Makes
8 Servings
Ingredients
22
Rating
4.5 out of 5, from 93 ratings on Bon Appetit

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Ingredients

Servings
8 servings
Amounts
  • 3½ (438 g) cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 1½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or 1 tsp. Morton kosher salt
  • 1½ cups (3 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 4 lb. Pink Lady or other firm, sweet-tart apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
  • ⅓ cup (packed; 68 g) dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. plus ⅛ tsp. Morton kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp. ground allspice
  • ¼ tsp. ground cardamom
  • All-purpose flour (for surface)
  • 1½ cups unfiltered apple cider
  • 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
  • 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 Tbsp. chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • Demerara sugar (for sprinkling)
  • Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for serving (optional)
  • A 9"-diameter deep pie dish
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