The Best Brown Butter Apple Pie Recipe
It’s pie season!
The best season of all, in my opinion. This Brown Butter Apple pie is an easy and simple recipe. It has many familiar and traditional flavors of an apple pie, but with a twist. You will absolutely love it.
PIE CRUST
You can buy a pre-made pie crust, like I did. Thanks Trader Joe’s! Or use this recipe below (crust recipe from Martha Stewart):
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water
1. In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, salt, and sugar. Add butter, and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal, 8 to 10 seconds.
2. With machine running, add ice water in a slow, steady stream through feed tube. Pulse until dough holds together without being wet or sticky; be careful not to process more than 30 seconds. To test, squeeze a small amount together: If it is crumbly, add more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
3. Divide dough into two equal balls. Flatten each ball into a disc and wrap in plastic. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill at least 1 hour.
FILLING
6 medium-large apples, I used granny smith, peeled, cored and sliced thinly
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons flour
5 tablespoons butter
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll one disc of dough into a 12-inch round, 1/8-inch thick.
2. Fit into a 9-inch pie plate. Set aside in the refrigerator.
3. In a pan, melt butter over medium-high heat and cook until it begins to brown, it will smell nutty and fragrant.
4. In a large bowl, combine the apples, brown sugar, salt, flour and brown butter. Pour into pie plate, mounding in the center. Roll second disc of dough into a 12-inch round, 1/8 inch thick. Wet edges of the crust in the plate, then lay dough on top, pressing at edges to seal. Cut vents into top crust.
5. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes, until crust is browned at edges. Turn oven down to 350, bake for another 40-50 minutes.
let cool and enjoy!
or don’t…we won’t tell!