McDonalds Apple Pie
A copycat version of one of my favorite fast food items.
Servings: 3 pies
Ingredients
Pie dough
- 1 cup AP flour (166g)
- ½ tsp salt
- 1½ tsp sugar
- 80 g cold butter (can substitute for ⅓ cup oil)
- 2½ tbsp ice water
Corn starch slurry
- 2 tsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp water
Apple filling
- 1 fuji apple
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp butter
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅓ cup water
- corn starch slurry
Egg wash
- 1 egg (beaten)
Cinnamon sugar
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
Apple filling
- Cut your apple into even 1 cm cubes.
- Melt butter in a sauce pan then add your apples, lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes.
- Make corn starch slurry by combining the water with corn starch
- Add water and corn starch slurry into the sauce pan then continue to cook until the apples are softened (about 10 minutes).
- Remove from heat and allow it to fully cool in the fridge.
Pie dough
- Place butter in freezer for 30 minutes before using.
- Mix together flour, salt, sugar, and cinnamon then grate in all of your butter.
- Mix with your hands until chunky then add ice water.
- Mix and knead lightly just until the dough comes together as one. Make sure not to overwork the dough, otherwise it will not be flakey.
- Cover dough with plastic wrap then place in fridge for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough in between two pieces of parchment paper until thin about ½ a cm thick.
- Cut into 2.5 by 5 inch sheets or you can use a mcdonalds apple pie box as reference. This portion should be able to cut 6 sheets = 3 pies
- Place 1½ - 2 tbsp of the chilled filling in the middle of the dough sheet.
- Lightly brush eggwash around all for sides then place the top dough sheet on top and pinch all 4 sides to seal.
- Brush the top of the pies completely with egg wash then cut 4 slits at the top.
- Top with cinnamon sugar and bake at 415F for 20 minutes.