Grammy's Kitchen · Apple Pie · Caramel Apple Pie
One of 64 apple pie recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
It ranks #2 of 64 for sweetness perceived among the apple pie recipes we compared. 1 cooks on therecipecritic.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 64.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 12% | 14% |
| liquid | 78% | 3% |
| total sugar | 76% | 54% |
| egg | 11% | 10% |
| dairy | 78% | 0% |
| thickener | 7% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 11% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 460 g | 2 homemade pie crust (or pre-made pie crust (one for the bottom crust and one for the lattice top)) |
| 8 large granny smith apples (peeled, cored, sliced) | |
| 15 g | 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup granulated sugar |
| 32 g | 1/4 cup cornstarch |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| dash of salt | |
| 50 g | 1 Egg yolk plus 2 tbsp water for egg wash |
| 357 g | 1 1/2 cups heavy cream |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| 51 g | 1/3 cup light corn syrup |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup salted butter |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 9 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“wow, what an over the top apple pie, have had caramel apples, but never caramel apple pie, nice!” — a cook, 5.0★