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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
- 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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