This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie was chosen by Emily of SandMuffin: all-american, all-delicious apple pie. When it comes to apples, I can really take them or leave them. Occasionally I’ll slice one up and dip it in peanut butter, but they’re not a favorite fruit around here. Baked apples, though – well that’s an entirely different story. Give me a baked apple dessert any day – in fact, I’m pretty sure that if given the choice between a slice of chocolate cake and a dessert with warm baked apples, the apples win 9 out of 10 times. So, apple pie this week? Yep, I was excited.
Unfortunately, Shane came down with a cold last week and passed it to me so I was feeling a bit under the weather when I made the pie yesterday. My baking mojo was nowhere to be found and all attempts at pie crust were sort of a disaster. My dough was overworked and mangled, pieced together to create a shell for the apple filling. Since I’d made Dorie’s pie dough two times in the past week alone, I used a recipe from The Sweet Melissa Baking Book this time, another favorite of mine which has worked beautifully in the past. I made a mini pie in my 6″ dish using about half of the filling recipe, though I was quite liberal on the measurements. The only change I made to the recipe was to add lemon juice to the filling along with the lemon zest Dorie already called for. I baked my mini at 425 F for about 15 minutes then at 375 F for another 30-ish minutes, at which point the juices were bubbling up over the edges and down the side of the dish.
I always find it difficult to wait for fruit pies to cool a bit when they come out of the oven before cutting into them. They smell so good I just want to dig in! I did manage to hold out until this pie was just slightly warm, but after that all bets were off. A healthy “serving” of apple pie may or may not have spoiled my appetite for dinner 🙂 Dorie’s apple pie was definitely a huge hit – I almost always share what I bake, but this pie was all mine! Though I only used one variety of apples (Cortlands) for my pie, I thought the flavor of the filling was perfect with just the right level of sweetness and spiciness. And despite my issues with the crust, it still baked up flaky and delicious – the perfect complement to the apple filling. I think this pie would be equally delicious with a crumb topping and single crust and after seeing that a few of my fellow TWD bakers went that route, I’ll likely give it a go soon, especially given the huge quantity of apples still in my fridge.
Many thanks to Emily for hosting this week! You can find the recipe for the apple pie on her blog here or on pages 300-302 of Baking: From My Home to Yours.
Sorry you were feeling under the weather. 🙁 Your pie looks perfect though and your pie dish is cute too!
Beautiful pie, Tracey! Hope you’re feeling better now! 🙂
I’m all for baked apple desserts as well. And they do say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away! I wonder if the same goes for apple pie… Hope you’re feeling better!
Ah, Tracey, I hope you are feeling better. Kudos for making the pie even tho’ you were sick.
Looks perfect. LOVE apple pie.
Feel better!! This looks soo delicious!
I would have never guessed you were not feeling well by the look of you pie. It’s awesome!
I’ll take apply pie any day too! This filling was killer.
First of all, I am totally coveting that little pie plate! Love it. And I hope you and Shane are feeling better! The filling of your pie looks so rich and inviting. A winner!
Sorry about the cold, hopefully the worst is past and you’re on the road to recovery!
That is a gorgeous pie! And I love the baking dish. I just got over the cold from hell myself, so I hope you are feeling better soon!
Feel better soon… we can’t have your food getting effected:) This apple pie looks awesome and I love all that filling, YUM!
your pie looks gorgeous!! I love it! So glad you enjoyed it all to yourself!! I made pie pops and loved them (and ate way too many of them!)
I love your mini pie plate. One more thing to add to my wish list… =) I’ll take apple desserts over chocolate ones, too, even though I love chocolate.
I thought an apple a day is supposed to keep the doctor AWAY!? You should’ve made this earlier…haha! Feel better!
Your pie looks wonderful! I hope it helped make you feel better. Your pie dish is exactly what I’m looking for – I hope I can find one as nice!
beautiful pie! hope you’re feeling better. i’d totally opt for a baked apple dessert over a chocolate one!
i like your nice, bright photos! xoxo Tia @ Buttercreambarbie
Talk about a committed baker! Three cheers for you for making a beautiful pie even though you were under the weather. Hope your all-for-you pie made you feel better.
looks like you got the crust spot-on in the end. your pie is gorgeous! hope you are feeling better.
Hope you’re better today. Your apple pie looks like great medicine to me. Beautiful and let me just say, perfect. I would have never believed you had challenges with your crust. Great job.
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I know that pie did the trick with your cold! Beautiful job, Tracey. Let’s bake again together soon!!
Sorry you had to catch a cold..yuck! I hope your better soon. YOur pie looks very good and I love your pie plate!
Aww, you poor thing! I hope you and Shane are feeling better soon. This pie would help me feel better!
I hope you are feeling much better, Tracey!!
Your pie looks great! You know how I feel about baked apples, so needless to say, we’re in the same boat.
Ps. I really REALLY need to invest in an adorable 6″ pie plate. NEED to. 🙂
Great looking pie. Love your plate. I was sick last week, too. I thought the pie had too much lemon zest, but other than that it was great. Apple pie is one of my favorites.
Looks absolutely gorgeous inside and out. Love that little pie plate, happy that you found that after looking for it so long because it makes one really nice presentation. Never too much lemon in anything as far as I am concerned, but then you probably already figured that, right?
It looks absolutely perfect Tracey!
The pie looks absolutely perfect! I love the idea of making it with a crumble topping, definitely next time. I hope you’re feeling better!
Apple pie!! My favorite 🙂 I wish I had a slice or two 🙁 Get well soon <3
Ur pie looks perfect despite you being a bit under the weather. and i definitely second to that additional lemon juice!