How To Make A Delicious Spiced Ginger Apple Pie

This ginger apple pie is a heavenly treat, replete with the flavors of apples, ginger, and a hint of spice. Learn how to make this great dessert from scratch with this recipe.

By Clara Gonzalez - Last revised Nov 18, 2023. Published Dec 4, 2012.

Why I ❤️ it Recipe Ingredients Preparation

Ginger apple pie.

Why I ❤️ it

If you feel like making an apple pie (and you should), this spiced ginger apple pie is going to be the talk of the town for weeks.  Clearly, this is not the traditional American apple pie, but it is one that once you try it, you'll have a hard time making any other kind of apple pie.

If you know your way around a classic apple pie you'll notice a few changes to the traditional recipe, mainly the pre-cooked apples, and not having to pre-bake the crust.

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Utensils and tools

• Food processor
• Large bowl
• Plastic wrap
• Large saucepan or medium pot
• Non-stick 9-inch pie dish or 6 small

Ingredients

For the crust

• ½ cup blanched chopped almonds, [75g]
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, [120 g]
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar, [12 g]
• ¾ sticks of salted butter, [85 g], chilled and diced
• ½ cup ice water, [237 ml]

Apple filling

• 8 apples, (see notes)
• ¼ sticks of salted butter, [57g], melted
• A tablespoon of lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon clove powder
• 1 teaspoon of grated fresh ginger (see notes)
• ¾ cup brown sugar, [150g]
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour, [30 g]

For the egg wash

• 1 yolk of a large egg
• 1 tablespoon milk (whole or skim)
• ¼ teaspoon of white granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon salted butter, melted

To assemble

• 1 cup all-purpose flour for dusting work surface [120 g]

Preparation

Before starting, please make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.

Step 1: Mix ingredients for the dough

Ground the almond in the food processor to make coarse crumbs half the size of a grain of rice. Add flour, sugar, and butter. Pulse until it resembles peas. Add the cold water slowly, until the dough piles up into one big chunk.

Step 2: Let it rest

Remove from the bowl. Form a ball, wrap in plastic film, put it in a bowl, and leave it to rest in the refrigerator till you need it again.

Step 3: Mix apple filling ingredients

Core, peel, and cut the apples into either slices or cubes (your preference).

In a saucepan or pot, mix the apples with butter, lemon juice, cloves, ginger, sugar, and cinnamon.

Step 4: Cooking the apple filling

Cover the saucepan and heat over very low heat (it should not reach a boil while cooking ) until the apples are cooked through but firm, stir gently once or twice to cook uniformly. This may take about 15 minutes, but the time will depend on the variety of apple you use (see notes). 

Remove apples from the heat and cool to room temperature. Once cooled, Sprinkle them with the flour until they are coated completely. Chill the apple mixture in the refrigerator.

Step 5: Making the egg wash

In a small bowl, combine egg yolk, milk, sugar, and butter. Whisk to combine.

Step 6: Rolling out the dough

Roll out the dough into a big circle or 6 small ones (if you make it into tartlets) on a lightly floured surface to prevent it from sticking.

Wrap the dough disk on the rolling pin to lift it off the surface.

Step 7: Assembling

Place the dough on a pie pan, and press lightly to shape it, covering the sides and bottom uniformly, and cutting the excess pastry with a knife.

Brush the inside of the crust with the egg wash. Chill in the freezer while the oven is preheating.

Step 8: Baking

Preheat oven temperature to 350 ºF [200 ºC].

Scoop the apple filling into the pie crust. Bake the pie for 15 - 20 minutes or until the crust turns golden brown.

Step 9: Serving

Remove from oven and cool until warm to the touch before serving, or serve at room temperature.

Serving suggestions

You can serve this on its own or serve each slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Substitutions

Use 2 tablespoons of ginger powder if you don't have fresh ginger

If you only have unsalted butter, add ½ teaspoon of salt per butter stick.

More options

If you're looking for another pie idea, this puff pastry tart, this guava tart, fresh strawberry pie, this maple glaze pumpkin pie Hawaiian rolls, and this peach cobbler are worth trying.

Nutritional information

Calories: 654kcal - Carbohydrates: 106g - Protein: 11g - Fat: 23g - Saturated Fat: 8g - Cholesterol: 59mg - Sodium: 99mg - Potassium: 531mg - Fiber: 10g - Sugar: 56g - Vitamin A: 470IU - Vitamin C: 11.1mg - Calcium: 120mg - Iron: 4mg

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