Super Apple Pie

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There's a fine line between "apple pie" and "pile of apples covered with crust." Mine fell into the latter category.

I think my failure was because of the tapioca flour. I couldn't find any so I substituted small pearl tapioca, which I pulverized into a powder. It didn't work. The pie filling never set up, and was runny and wet instead -- with ground-up tapioca pieces in it.

I do like the mixture of apples, though. It's nice to see, feel, and taste all the different apples in the pie. Next time I'll get real tapioca flour.

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Great recipe! Could not believe the crust: When mixing thought it would never hold together. It did ball nicely; however, it did fall apart somewhat when rolled out and put into pie dish. Pieced it together, especially the top. Crossed my fingers and baked it. Delicious filling and flakey crust. My wife never eats pie crusts, so I asked if she would let me have hers. The look she gave me was like daggers flying through the air. Note: we used Braeburn apples and formed a piece of aluminum foil to vent the pie. It will be our special desert when guests come over.

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I made this pie for Christmas Eve and it turned out ok, not what i had expected. I used 2 types of apples and the consistency wasn't great,next time I will use only one and more than the recipe suggests, at least 4,4.5 lbs instead. The flavor was there but the filling was very runny (and i did use 3 heaping tbsp of tapioca starch. Also the glaze burnt the crust so i had to take the pie out 15 minutes earlier and I was very crumbly,falling apart from every side. Couldn't get clean cut apple pieces.
I will definitely make it again with little modifications. Great recipe !

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This pie is "Super" because it has apple all throughout it. It will also change the way you make apple pie.

- Crust is awesome. Can taste apple in every bite. Will use this for all apple/pear pies. We used cider in place of the alcohol.

- Go all Braeburn or Golden Delicious [search Food Lab Best Apple Pie pt 1 on why]

- Glaze on top can burn, add it halfway.

- Grains of Paradise [Whole Foods] were interesting. If you can try them out for the gourmet crowd. But I made this pie with traditional cinnamon the second time. WOW.

- Tapioca flour has a nice natural mouth feel better than corn starch. Can be used for all fruit pies.

- Sugar level is low to appreciate apples. Increase to 1/3 cup if you like it sweet.

- Pie bird is nice and retro (: cheap online or at Bed Bath.

- Tart pan is brilliant, all our pies are made with it now. Clean pie slices every time. $25 at Williams-Sonoma or Amazon.

All in all, this has changed the way I will make Apple Pie for the better.

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The award for best Thanksgiving dessert was owned by me this year, thanks to this apple pie.
The presentation was great, the pie was even better.
Anytime family asks me what my secret is ..... it is a good day.
Well done Mr. Brown, well done.

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tried this out on my family last thanksgiving and they all loved it. the work that goes into it and the cost of the pan is soooo worth it. you can also get the pie birds fairly cheap... (or cheep?? haha from i think it was either carol wright gifts catalog or harriet carter they are silicone and very easy to clean and get 2 for the $$ of one. use more apple jack to make the crust less flakey and come on you can never use to much liquor in baking, makes it all better.

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I love, love, LOVED buying the ingredients and items for this pie (it was like a history and geography lesson and while the crust was worse than the LSATs...a little perseverance paid off and I am thrilled with the result and I don't even like fruit pies myself.

In locating the pie bird (Williams-Sonoma I stumbled across many alternatives (paper straws, cinnamon sticks, a large icing tip inverted. In locating the grains of paradise and tapioca flour (Whole Foods I learned that the seed is also called alligator pepper and is used in seasonal beer and is also used (wonderfully, I might add with beef, chicken and fish. And in locating the (Laird's Applejack (which I had never heard of in my previous career as a bartender I learned that it has a very rich history from President Washington to Nixon!

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Love this recipe! My usual gripe with apple pie is that it is too sweet. This recipe is a good balance of flavors and best of all, the aplle flavor is the star, fresh and pure tasting. I have made this recipe a half dozen times and the crust is now my go to crust for other pies. Great for fresh peach pie, just sub peach schnapps for the apple jack. The pie is perfect and the tart pan makes for a beautiful presentation when the pie is removed. Thanks AB!

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wworst pie ever. i have tried dealing with the pastry but keeps cracking.i had to save th pie by making another batch of pastry.

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Can't buy applejack or apple jelly in Alaska (unless via Internet. Didn't want to spring for the $50 apple brandy. Used apple pucker apple schnapps and apple cinnamon preserves instead. Didn't affect the outcome that I can tell and tastes spectacular. Put the reduction liquid in the pie and brushed the top with sugar water. Crust is best I've ever made and pie is better than grandmas. Also used this crust for cherry pie, substituting cherry flavored bourbon for apple jack...still best crust ever made.