# BA’s Best Apple Pie Recipe
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Publication state: published
Updated: 2026-08-02
Primary keyword: 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.
## Timing and Yield
- Prep: 15 minutes
- Cook: 30 minutes
- Total: 45 minutes
- Yield: 8  Servings
## 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: Dough
   Step image: https://thefoodthatshapedus.com/images/recipes/steps/apple-pie-step-1.webp
   Image description: Step 1: Dough for BA’s Best Apple Pie.
2. Filling and Assembly: Filling and Assembly
   Step image: https://thefoodthatshapedus.com/images/recipes/steps/apple-pie-step-2.webp
   Image description: Step 2: Filling and Assembly for BA’s Best Apple Pie.
## Storage
Cool completely, cover, and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Reheat only when the texture benefits from it.
## History Context
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.
## Primary Image
- URL: https://thefoodthatshapedus.com/images/recipes/variants/apple-pie/apple-pie-og.webp
- Description: Apple Pie. Photo: WhatamIdoing / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status: editorial-placeholder
## Sources
1. Original BA’s Best Apple Pie recipe. Bon Appétit. https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/bas-best-apple-pie