Community Pick
Applesauce Pie
"Top this off with cinnamon ice cream....."
photo by limeandspoontt
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup applesauce
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (unless the applesauce is tart)
- 1 9 inch pie shell
directions
- Mix all of the ingredients.
- Pour into a 9" pie shell and bake in a 350 degree oven or 45 minutes.
Questions & Replies
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Can you add a top crust? My granny made applesauce pie when I was a child, her's always had a top crust. I've tried a few without, although they were very good, it just wasn't the same.
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Does this pie have a top crust?
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How will it affect the pie if I use half as much butter as the recipe?
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I always have sweetened cinnamon applesauce on hand. I see that some added cinnamon, cut back on sugar. If anyone had to guess, approximately how much sugar would you suggest and would I need the cinnamon? Thx for the advice!
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Reviews
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I think one c. of sugar is much too much. The first try was way too sweet. I'm going to try 1/2 c. of sugar and more lemon juice. -
I accumulated too much applesauce and couldn't figure out what to do with it! So I googled applesauce pie and this was the first recipe that popped up. This recipe is delightful! My boyfriend loves this pie so much he goes out of his way to buy unsweetened applesauce from the store and sets it in the middle of the fridge as a reminder for me that to make another one.<br/><br/>It seems the filling size has been questionable in some previous reviews, so I will tell you the 3 methods of crust I've used with this filling:<br/><br/>1.) 1 9" homemade pie crust - the filling is the perfect amount for one 9" homemade pie crust.<br/>2.) Great Value frozen crusts (They come in a 2 pack) I ended up having to pour 1/2 the filling into both crusts because they were not as deep as my normal-sized homemade crust.<br/>3.) 1 9" deep dish homemade pie crust - I had to double the recipe, filled the deep dish up perfectly.<br/><br/>One time I ran out of vanilla extract and substituted a tablespoon of pure honey. It tasted so good, it really brought out the natural flavors of the apple.<br/><br/>Instead of cutting back on the sugar I added a teaspoon of ground cinnamon, it gives the filling a lovely "homemade" color, not to mention apples and cinnamon go together like peanut butter and jelly. This pie is quick and easy to make, I recommend it for beginning cooks and cooks who end up spending more time on the main course and run out of time for dessert (that would be me, lol!).<br/><br/>Also goes well with Cool Whip.
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I was looking for a use for my abundance of homemade applesauce and really liked this recipe. However, it didn't quite fill up a 9-inch pie crush. I think I would do 1 1/2 times the recipe next time. I also added a sprinkle of cinnamon to the filling. It tastes like an apple pie custard - very yummy! -
definitely add a teaspoon of cinnamon to it and mix your dry & wet ingredients separately before combining them if you want it to have a nice even color. i always find it needs an extra 5-10 minutes at the time & temp specified here, though. it's basically an apple pie but with the texture of a pumpkin pie, and it's absolutely delicious.
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A co-worker mentioned that her mom used to make applesauce pie. Personally, I’d never heard of it. Found this recipe and decided to make it for her. She absolutely loved it! She said it was almost exactly like her mother used to make. Will definitely be making it again!
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Tweaks
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I subbed half a cup of mashed blackberries with the juice drained for half the apple sauce. Very very good.
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I had harvested Siberian crabapples earlier this month & was wanting to use them in a recipe. The flesh was the texture of thick applesauce, so I found this recipe. I didn't have a full cup, so I used unsweetened cinnamon applesauce for the rest. It's currently baking & smells heavenly!! -
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I love this recipe! it is simple and yet very tasty. I've read the other reviews before attempting to bake this one. So, I added the sugar little by little til I got the sweetness that's right for me. I didn't use the whole amount of sugar stated in this recipe and used a combination of brown sugar and white sugar. I added a tsp of cinnamon and sprinkled a good amount of nutmeg on the top before baking. I also recommend adding in small cubes of apples to give it some texture and more flavour. I used red apples so I opted out on the lemon juice. I also used a 9 inch ready made pie crust...a generic one from Sam's. It fitted perfectly and tasted really good. It held it's shape well too. I think it'll taste even better if the pie crust was homemade. I'll try to make this again and instead of using white sugar...I'll use Truvia. I'm sure it'll taste as good! :-)
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Fabulous recipe! I substituted half the sugar with light brown sugar and it gave it that extra kick.
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Debe6496
United States
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