Skillet desserts are so much fun! Straight from the oven to the table.
Prep Time45 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr20 minutesmins
Total Time2 hourshrs5 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apples, cast iron apple pie, cinnamon, eggs, flour, pie dough, skillet apple pie, white vinegar
Servings: 16servings
Author: Beth
Ingredients
Pie Dough (this will make 2 crusts)
2cupsall purpose flour
¼tspsalt
½cupvegetable shortening
1stickbuttercold and diced (1/2 cup)
1largeegg
2tspwhite vinegar
2tbspwaterice cold
Apple Filling for 8 inch skillet
7-8cupsapples
⅔cupsugar
3tbspflour
2tbspbrown sugar
½tspcinnamon
1tsplemon
¼tspnutmeg
To melt in skillet: 2 tbsp butter + 1/4 cup brown sugar
Apple Filling for 6.5 inch skillet
3cupsapples
⅓cupsugar
1.5tbspflour
1tbspbrown sugar
½tspcinnamon
½tsplemon
¼tspnutmeg
To melt in skillet: 1 tbsp butter + 2 tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
Pie Dough
In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt.
Using your fingers or a pastry cutter, cut the vegetable shortening and butter into the flour mixture. It’s okay to have several pea-sized pieces of butter remaining.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, vinegar and ice cold water.
Pour the wet mixture over the flour mixture and use a spatula to mix everything together until combined. The dough shouldn’t be overly sticky, you should be able to form it into a ball with your hands.
Divide the dough into two equal balls. Wrap each ball in plastic wrap, flatten into a disc and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 4 days.
To prepare the filling
Dice or slice the apples fairly small. Place the apples in a large mixing bowl.
Add the lemon juice, sugar, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to the apples and mix to combine.
How to assemble the pie
Remove the dough from the fridge.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
On the stove over medium heat, melt the butter and brown sugar in the skillet.
Using a rolling pin and extra flour, roll out one of the balls of dough into a large circle.
Carefully place the dough in the skillet over the melted mixture. Trim off any excess dough, but leave a little hanging over so you can crimp the top and bottom crusts together.
Add in the apple filling.
Roll out the second ball of dough into a circle.
Place the top crust on top of the apple filling, trimming off any excess dough that hangs over.
Crimp the bottom and top crusts together. Add a few slits to allow the pie to vent while baking.
Bake the 8 inch pie for 1 hour 20 minutes or the 6.5 inch pie for 1 hour or until the the crust is golden and the juices are bubbling up a bit.
Allow the pie to cool for 20 minutes before serving.
To make the pie crust letters
Roll out any leftover dough. Use alphabet cookie cutters to cut out your desired letters. Place the letters on a baking sheet and bake for 3-5 minutes or until golden and crispy.
After the letters have cooled, place them on the pie or “glue” them using a dab of caramel sauce on the back of each letter.