apple pie recipe

Apple Pie Recipes 

English apple pie recipes date back to the times of Chaucer where the 1381 recipe listed ingredients such as good apples, good spices, figs, raisons and pears.The popularity of the apple pie recipe has endured, making it a dessert still enjoyed in both homes and restaurants today, served with cream, ice cream or custard.

Cooking apples like Granny Smith are common in apple pie recipes. However, so are Bramley Apples which are are used in most apple pie recipes to give it a sharp flavour. Additional spices such as cinnamon and cloves are also common but their inclusion is a matter of personal taste. A cultural variation on the traditional British or American apple pie is the Dutch Lattice variety which includes raisons, cinammon and sugar and is traditionally eaten cold with cream.

Although apple pies have been eaten in Europe for centuries, the dessert is an American favourite, giving rise to the saying, "As American as Apple Pie."

Home cooked apple pie recipes are often eaten for dessert as part of the traditional British roast dinner. Making the perfect apple pie depends on the pastry recipe which is said to be best when crisp and golden in colour.