Spinoff: Best apple for apple pie + gimme your best recipe

Depends on where you are from. Granny Smith apples make a fine pie. I will have to see if I can find our recipe.

I remember Alton Brown on an episode of Good Eats stating the best pie is from using at least 3 and preferably 5 varieties of apples. In other words, 1 of various varieties to fill out your pie dish.

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What's your best apple pie recipe, and what's the best apple for it?

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Best apple is granny smith

My recipe
1) Build a fire in your back yard at least 2 hours before starting to make the pie.
2) Dig a hole in the ground sufficient enough to bury your Dutch Oven

Ingredients
6-8 granny smith apples cored and sliced\
1C flour
1/2C white sugar
1/4C brown sugar
1T Cinnamon
1/2T Nutmeg
1/4 t salt
butter
1t vanilla extract
2-3T lemon juice
1 Pie crust (I cheat and use the Pillsbury)

3) In bowl, mix the sliced apples, lemon juice and vanilla extract

4) In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Then, add dry ingredients into the apple mixture covering the apples.

5) In your dutch oven, line the pot with Crisco. Don't be shy with it. Pour apple and dry ingredient mixture into the pot. Place a few slices of butter over the apple mixture. Cover it with the pie crust. In the crust, cut "1 slice in the crust for steam and 2 more because your momma fixed it that way"
(Props if you know that quote)

6) Place the lid on the pot. Place hot coals from you fire in the bottom of you hole, place the dutch over over the coals, cover the lid of the dutch oven with coals.

7) In 30 minutes, check the coals, rotate the pot 180 degrees

8) After 45-60 minutes total cook time, you should smell the pie. When you do, it's almost ready (about 5 more minutes). Get the ice cream and serve.

CoachChappy, what advantage is there to bake it that way vs putting it in the oven?