Berkshire Apple Pie
Submitted by Rainey
Berkshire apple pie with a dump-and-bake cake batter topping over cinnamon apples. No rolling pin needed for this rustic New England-style dessert.
YIELD
6 servingsPREP
25 minCOOK
45 minREADY
70 minThis apple pie flips the script on traditional pastry. Instead of rolling out a crust, you fill a pie plate with cinnamon-dusted apple slices and dump a simple cake batter right on top. As it bakes, the batter spreads itself over the fruit and forms a golden, cakey crust with slightly crisp edges.
The Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts are serious apple country, and this no-fuss approach fits right in with that New England farmhouse cooking tradition. It’s the kind of recipe someone’s grandmother scribbled on a card and never measured twice.
Sweeten your apples before they go in the pan. Taste a slice first because apple sweetness varies wildly by variety. Granny Smiths need more sugar, Honeycrisps barely need any. The batter itself is already sweet, so go lighter on the apples than you think.
Pro Tips
- Pack the apples in tightly. They shrink as they bake, and a loosely filled plate leaves a gap between fruit and topping.
- Use a glass pie plate and drop the temperature to 375°F (190°C). Glass holds heat differently, and the lower temp prevents the bottom from burning before the top sets.
- Don’t spread the batter. Seriously. Just dump it in the center and let the oven do the work. Fussing with it makes it uneven.
- Fresh apples beat canned every time here, but if using canned, drain them well and add extra sugar since they tend to be tart.
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Ingredients
Directions
Sweeten apples to your taste Note: If you use canned apples...use the canned apples and NOT apple pie filling...however you’ll probably need a bit more sugar as these can be very tart) Mix ingredients for dough with electric mixer. Put apples in pie plate and add cinnamnon. Dump batter on top. Don’t worry about spreading too much...will spread over apples as it bakes. Bake at 400℉ (200℃) for 45 minutes. (375 degrees if using a glass pan).
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