This Easy Puff Pastry Apple Pie has a buttery, crisp and flaky crust filled with perfectly cooked soft, juicy, and spicy apples. Same as Apple and Blueberry Crumble, it is the perfect dessert to serve on a cold winter day along with a dollop of homemade vanilla custard and/or a scoop of ice cream.
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Puff Pastry Apple Pie is super easy to make with ready-made pastry sheets and is best when served fresh out of the oven. The apple filling is flavored with butter and warm spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. And the puff pastry is super flakey and melts in the mouth.
Why This Recipe Works?
- It is very easy to make with ready-made puff pastry sheets.
- The apple filling is extremely delicious, flavored with cinnamon and nutmeg, and cooked to perfection.
- This Easy Apple Pie With Puff Pastry is a crowd-pleaser, it is a family favorite loved by adults as well as kids.
Ingredients and Substitutes
Best Apples For Pie
I usually add more than one variety of apples to my pie for the best apple flavor and different textures.
You can choose from cooking apples such as Braeburn, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Bramley, Golden Delicious, Jazz, and Cox's which are best for desserts and pie.
I sometimes use Gala apples for extra sweetness and some texture. It is totally up to you what apples you want to use depending on how sweet or sour you want your pie.
Other ingredients you will need:
- Puff pastry - I used 2 rolled-up all-butter puff pastry sheet sizes of 35cmx23cm (14"x9") and 320 grams each. You can buy them fresh or frozen from supermarkets. If using frozen pastries, let them thaw before using them and bring them to room temperature.
- Sugar - I use caster sugar but granulated or brown sugar would be great too. The amount of sugar given in the recipe works perfectly for the apples I used in this recipe. Adjust the amount of sugar to your taste and the apples you use.
- Demerara sugar - Optional, I sprinkle some demerara sugar on top of the pastry for extra crunch.
- Butter - Unsalted butter adds extra richness to apple pie filling.
- Spices - I love the warmth that cinnamon and nutmeg are adding to apples. You can omit or adjust the amount to your liking.
How to Make Easy Puff Pastry Apple Pie?
Making this delicious Apple Pie is extremely easy. And there are only a few simple tips and steps that you need to follow to achieve the best results:
Cook The Apples
Preheat the oven to 180° C - 356° F (fan oven) and then prepare the apples.
Peel and core the apples using an apple corer which makes life much easier! Cut them in halves, then thinly slice.
Melt the butter in a large pan and add the sliced apples, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Give it a good stir, making sure all apples are evenly covered with cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar.
Cook it on medium heat until the apples are slightly softened and the juice from the apples is reduced to a syrup consistency.
Remove the pan from the heat, and let the apple mixture cool down for 10 minutes while preparing the puff pastry crust.
Prepare The Puff Pastry Crust
Unfold one of the puff pastries and roll it on a lightly floured surface 5 cm (2") larger than the pie dish. Lift the pastry over the rolling pin and gently transfer it into the pie dish. Trim the edges and gently press to tuck the pastry into the cavity of the pie dish.
Fill the pastry shell with the spiced apple filling and spread it evenly.
Roll out the other puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface and place it on top of the apple filling. Crimp or pinch the outer edge to seal the top and bottom crusts together.
Bake The Pie
Cut some decorations from the leftovers and place them on top (optional). Eggwash the pastry and sprinkle on the demerara sugar.
Place the pie dish in preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes. Check the pie and cover the top with tin foil if it is already brown and bake it for another 15 minutes or until the filling is bubbling away.
Let the pie rest for 15 minutes before serving.
Scroll down to the recipe card for the full, printable recipe!
Serving Suggestions
This Puff Pastry Apple Pie is extremely delicious on its own. And it is even better when served with warm homemade custard and/or a scoop of ice cream.
It is best when served warm out of the oven but I also happily eat it cold out of the fridge or at room temperature for breakfast!
Top Tips From The Chef
- The type of apple you use for the pie filling is the key to how your pie will taste like. Use a variety of cooking and eating apples for two different textures. Apples that are sweet and sour at the same time are the best options. Make sure you adjust the amount of sugar given in the recipe to your taste. Not all apples taste the same!
- If using frozen pastries, let them thaw before using them and bring them to room temperature.
- To make things even easier and quicker, you can prepare the filling a couple of days in advance and keep it refrigerated until you want to bake your pie.
- If your Apple Pie is getting brown too quickly, cover the crust with tin foil to slow down the browning and avoid the crust burning.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, it is a good idea to cook the apples before baking. Firstly, you can adjust the sweetness of your filling. Secondly, you can avoid a watery pie filling which is a nightmare when you make a fruit-based pie. And lastly, you can have perfect consistency, with no gaps between the filling and the crust!
To store the leftovers, cover them with cling film and keep them at room temperature for a couple of days. If you want to keep them longer, nicely cover them with cling film and refrigerate them for up to 5 days.
I personally don't like the peelings in my Apple Pie and I don't mind the extra few minutes that add up to my prep time. However, it is a personal choice and this Easy Puff Pastry Apple Pie would taste still amazing if you cook the apples with their skin on. Simply wash your apples thoroughly before slicing them.
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Easy Puff Pastry Apple Pie
Equipment
- 1 peeler
Ingredients
- 1 ½ kg apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
- 100 g caster sugar
- 20 g unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon powder
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 ready rolled puff pastries (320 g each)
- 1 teaspoon demerara sugar
- 1 egg yolk
Instructions
Cooking The Apples
- Preheat the oven to 180° C - 356° F (fan oven) and then prepare the apples.
- Melt the butter in a large pan and add the sliced apples, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Give it a good stir, making sure all apples are evenly covered with cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar.
- Cook it on medium heat until the apples are slightly softened and the juice from the apples is reduced to a syrup consistency.
- Remove the pan from the heat, and let the apple mixture cool down for 10 minutes while preparing the puff pastry crust.
Preparing The Puff Pastry Crust
- Unfold one of the puff pastries and roll it on a lightly floured surface 5 cm (2") larger than the pie dish.
- Lift the pastry over the rolling pin and gently transfer it into the pie dish.
- Trim the edges and gently press to tuck the pastry into the cavity of the pie dish.
- Fill the pastry shell with the spiced apple filling and spread it evenly.
- Roll out the other puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface and place it on top of the apple filling. Crimp or pinch the outer edge to seal the top and bottom crusts together.
Baking The Pie
- Eggwash the pastry and sprinkle on the demerara sugar.
- Place the pie in preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes.
- Check the pie and cover the top with tin foil if it is already brown and bake it for another 15 minutes or until the filling is bubbling away.
Notes
- The type of apple you use for the pie filling is the key to how your pie will taste like. Use a variety of cooking and eating apples for two different textures. Apples that are sweet and sour at the same time are the best options. Make sure you adjust the amount of sugar given in the recipe to your taste. Not all apples taste the same!
- If using frozen pastries, let them thaw before using them and bring them to room temperature.
- To make things even easier and quicker, you can prepare the filling a couple of days in advance and keep it refrigerated until you want to bake your pie.
- If your Apple Pie is getting brown too quickly, cover the crust with tin foil to slow down the browning and avoid the crust burning.
Nutrition
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Eren
Perfectly crispy pastry and delicious apple filling! Both tasted great. I did use extra apples, but that’s a personal preference.