Perfect apple pie

Name: Perfect apple pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 400g/14oz plain flour, plus extra rolling; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 1 lemon, zest only; 250g/10oz cold butter, cut into cubes; 1 free-range egg, beaten with 2 tbsp cold water, plus 1 free-range egg, beaten, to glaze; 150g/5½oz golden caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp for sprinkling; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tbsp cornflour; 600g/1lb 5oz Bramley cooking apples, peeled, cored, sliced

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:1h

The Hairy Bikers' Bramley apple pie recipe will help you perfect your pastry. A deep pie dish is essential for fitting in as many hot, fluffy apples as you can. Serve with vanilla ice cream. For this recipe you will need a deep 1.2 litre/2 pint pie dish with a wide rim. Each serving provides 563 kcal, 7.3g protein, 68.7g carbohydrate (of which 30.5g sugars), 27.8g fat (of which 16.9g saturates), 4.1g fibre and 0.07g salt.

Updated at: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:01:12 GMT