It's no secret that we're big ol' fans of our sister restaurant Buxton Hall, right down the way in the South Slope neighborhood here in Asheville. Acclaimed for NC BBQ as well as their bakery program, which has been featured in Southern Living and Bon Appétit, just to name a few.
Our lovely pal Ashley Capps, one of the most talented pastry chefs in all the land, shared her Apple Pie recipe with us, and it's out of this world. Even better, it's easy peasy, because of our Apple Pie Spice blend we've created. Packed with flavor and pretty dang delicious.
Check out Ashley's Apple Pie recipe below.
Ashley's Apple Pie Filling
Method:
- Have bottom pie shell lined, and top crust (crust recipe below) rolled out, both very cold.
- Toss apple with lemon juice, and all other ingredients except egg wash and sugar in the raw
- Layer apples well, in the corners and all the way up. Aim for a tall, compact apple pie.
- Dot the top with the butter.
- Cut any holes or decor in the top crust, then place it on top of the apples.
- Press to adhere and join the top and bottom edge of dough.
- Trim the edges with knife or scissors to 1/2 inch over the lip of the pie plate.
- Roll the edges underneath itself to ‘fasten’ or seal in pie.
- Shape edges with fork or crimp by pinching.
- Lightly egg wash pie crust. Place in refrigerator or freezer for 15 min to keep dough very cold.
- Set your oven to 400 degrees. Bake for 10 min and reduce heat.
- Reduce oven to 325 and continue baking for about 25-30 min or longer until crust is completely brown and filling is gooey and bubbly.
- Allow to cool at room temp for 1 hour before slicing.
Ashley's Flaky Pie Dough For 9 inch Top and Bottom crusts
Yield: x 3 for 3 pies
AP flour |
12 oz |
Butter, diced and cold |
8 oz ( 2 sticks) |
Salt |
1 tsp |
Sugar |
1 tsp |
Ice Cold Water |
3-4 oz |
Vinegar, add to water |
1 tsp |
Method:
- Dice butter and refrigerate.
- Sift flour. Add salt and sugar to mixer bowl.
- Add cold butter pcs. >
- Using paddle, mix on low speed until fat is medium-dice or walnut-sized.
- Add water/vinegar and mix on low for 1-2 min until dough begins to come together. The dough should be shaggy, more dry in appearance….but can be formed into a mass by hand. The fat pcs should be visible.
- Shape into 2 round, flat disks for top and bottom crusts. Chill for one hour.
- Roll out one disk and line pie shell.
- Fill with apple filling.
- Roll out second disk and top pie - press edges together, trim edges and crimp decoratively.
- Chill for 15 min and then bake.
Photos by Nicole McConville, Molly Hart Milroy, Lauren Van Epps