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BA’s Best Apple Pie Recipe

A practical, source-aware recipe for ba’s best apple pie, with the history kept close to the method.

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Apple Pie. Photo: WhatamIdoing / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Developed by the Recipe Desk. This original editorial recipe uses measured ingredients, explicit timing and yield, allergen notes, storage guidance, and step-by-step visual cues. Use the stated doneness and texture cues because ingredients, ovens, and kitchen equipment vary.

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BA’s Best Apple Pie

A practical, source-aware recipe for ba’s best apple pie, with the history kept close to the method.

Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Yield
8 Servings
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 3½ (438 g) cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 1½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or 1 tsp. Morton kosher salt
  • 1½ cups (3 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 4 lb. Pink Lady or other firm, sweet-tart apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
  • ⅓ cup (packed; 68 g) dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. plus ⅛ tsp. Morton kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp. ground allspice
  • ¼ tsp. ground cardamom
  • All-purpose flour (for surface)
  • 1½ cups unfiltered apple cider
  • 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
  • 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 Tbsp. chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • Demerara sugar (for sprinkling)
  • Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for serving (optional)
  • A 9"-diameter deep pie dish

Method

  1. Dough for BA’s Best Apple Pie, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 1: Dough for BA’s Best Apple Pie.
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    Dough

    Dough

  2. Filling and Assembly for BA’s Best Apple Pie, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 2: Filling and Assembly for BA’s Best Apple Pie.
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    Filling and Assembly

    Filling and Assembly

Storage

Cool completely, cover, and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Reheat only when the texture benefits from it.

Allergens

No major allergens identified from the listed ingredients. Always check product labels for cross-contact.

Why this dish belongs here

The history behind the method

This dessert builds on the history of the forbidden fruit of myth and reality, linking the dish to apple’s longer story in food culture.

Explore the ingredients

Apple history

Trend and context sources

  1. [1]Original BA’s Best Apple Pie recipe — Bon Appétit
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