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    Apple Slab Pie (with Video!)

    October 1, 2018 Updated February 11, 2020 BySam 29 Comments

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    Apple slab pie

    Have you ever made a slab pie before? This Apple Slab Pie is much simpler to make than a traditional pie and is every bit as good! Less fussy than your average pie, easy to slice and serve, you’ve gotta try this one out this Fall season!

    Today’s recipe is made with my easy, homemade, pie crust recipe, filled with juicy, tender, slightly spiced apples, and topped off with a crumbly walnut-based topping. 

    slice of apple slab pie topped with ice cream

    I hope everyone had a fun Fall weekend!

    I had a very busy one. On Saturday, 3 of my sisters and I went to try on bridesmaids dresses for my cousin’s wedding (this is the first wedding I’ve ever been in and I am so excited!!) and that evening my sister kidnapped me to go out with her and her friends to celebrate her birthday.

    Kidnapped might not be exactly the right word, but it’s pretty close. I was sitting on my couch, in my pajamas, eating leftover pumpkin cheesecake and working on editing photos (I live a glamorous and exciting life) when Jaclyn burst through my door, threw a dress at me and told me to get changed because we were going out for her birthday. Ten minutes later I was still slightly confused, missing my cheesecake, and in the back seat of her car.

    Dresses and kinda-kidnappings aside, I also had time this weekend to make yet another apple slab pie.

    Apple Slab Pie Ingredients in crust

    What is a Slab Pie

    Simply put, a slab pie is just a pie that’s been baked into a slab rather than a neat traditional pie shape. That’s it.

    Apple slab pies are traditionally made in baking sheets rather than pie dishes, and for today’s apple slab pie we’re using a jelly roll pan. Because of this, slab pies are more shallow than traditional pies, which in this instance means a generous forkful of crunchy brown sugar/walnut topping with every bite of apple; it’s actually almost ruined traditional pies for me (don’t get me wrong, I’ll never turn down a slice of good blueberry pie). If you’re looking for a regular-styled version of this recipe, make sure to check out my favorite apple pie recipe!

    Freshly baked apple slab pie

    The crust for today’s recipe is simply my homemade pie crust, just made 50% larger than originally written so that it can easily fit into your jelly roll pan. I really recommend using a homemade crust and not a store-bought one, it’s so easy and the flavor is so much better than anything you can buy pre-made.

    You will need a food processor for this recipe. This helps the ingredients come together really quickly with little effort on your part, and I’ve never had this recipe fail me. My mom has been making it for years and it’s the only pie dough my family ever uses.

    Slice of apple slab pie with ice cream

    Enjoy, and be sure to check out my Top 10 Pie Recipes for more great Thanksgiving dessert ideas!

    More Great Apple Recipes to Try!

    • Apple Butter
    • Apple Muffins
    • Apple Turnovers
    • Apple Crumb Cake

    My video for how to make Apple Slab Pie is at the bottom of the recipe! If you enjoy watching my recipe videos, please consider subscribing to my YouTube channel.

    Apple slab pie with scoop of vanilla ice cream

    Apple Slab Pie

    A recipe for Apple Slab Pie! Please see video at the bottom of the recipe card.
    You will need a food processor and a jelly roll pan for this recipe.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12 slices
    Calories: 474kcal
    Author: Sam Merritt

    Ingredients

    Crust

    • 1 ½ cups (188 g) all-purpose flour
    • 1 Tablespoon sugar
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 9 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into 15 pieces
    • ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons (90 g) sour cream

    Apple Slab Pie Filling

    • 1 pie crust dough
    • 3 lbs Granny Smith apples peeled, cored, and diced into ¼" pieces
    • ¼ cup (50 g) sugar
    • ¼ cup (50 g) light brown sugar tightly packed
    • ¼ cup (30 g) all-purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • ¼ teaspoon allspice
    • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

    Topping:

    • ¾ cup (95 g) all-purpose flour
    • ⅔ cup chopped walnuts
    • ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar tightly packed
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 6 Tbsp cold unsalted butter cut into 12 pieces

    Recommended Equipment

    • Jelly Roll Pan
    • Food Processor

    Instructions

    Pie Crust

    • Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a food process. Pulse briefly to blend ingredients.
      1 ½ cups (188 g) all-purpose flour, 1 Tablespoon sugar, ¼ teaspoon salt
    • Scatter butter pieces evenly over the top of the mixture and pulse until coarse crumbs form.
      9 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter
    • Add sour cream and pulse again until the mixture begins to clump together.
      ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons (90 g) sour cream
    • Remove the dough from the food processor (be careful of the blade!) and use your hands to form it into a flat disc. Wrap in cling wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. 
    • Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 375F (190C) and begin preparing your filling and topping.

    Filling

    • Prepare your filling by combining diced apples, sugars, flour, cinnamon, allspice and lemon juice in a large bowl. Stir until well-combined and set aside.
      3 lbs Granny Smith apples, ¼ cup (50 g) sugar, ¼ cup (50 g) light brown sugar, ¼ cup (30 g) all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon allspice, 1 teaspoon lemon juice

    Walnut Topping

    • Combine the flour, walnuts, brown sugar, and salt in the clean canister of your food processor and briefly pulse to combine.
      ¾ cup (95 g) all-purpose flour, ⅔ cup chopped walnuts, ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar, ¼ teaspoon salt
    • Sprinkle butter over the mimxture and pulse until ingredients are beginning to cling together. Set aside.
      6 Tbsp cold unsalted butter

    Assembly

    • Once your pie dough has chilled, remove from the refrigerator and place on a clean, lightly floured surface. Dust the dough with flour and roll out to be slightly larger than your jelly roll pan (I usually aim for slightly larger than a 13x18" rectangle and trim the edges to make a neat rectangle).
      1 pie crust dough
    • Transfer rolled out dough to your jelly roll pan and make sure pie crust lies flat along the bottom of the pan and goes up the sides of the pan.
    • Give your apples that have been waiting a good stir and then evenly pour into pie dough-lined pan.
    • Top with prepared walnut crumble by using your hands to evenly sprinkle over apple filling.
    • Transfer to oven and bake on 375F (190C) for 50-55 minutes or until top is golden brown and the apples inside are tender when pierced with a fork*. Serve warm, preferably topped with vanilla ice cream!

    Notes

    *check your pie at 45 minutes and if the topping or the crust is beginning to look brown but the apples are still not tender, cover with foil and continue to bake until the apples are tender. This will keep your topping/crust from becoming burnt.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1slice | Calories: 474kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 291mg | Potassium: 218mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 545IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 2mg

    Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.

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    1. Mary

      November 24, 2022 at 3:40 pm

      5 stars
      Our house smells amazing!
      First time trying your slab apple pie.
      I have confidence since all of your other recipes Iโ€™ve tried have been spot on!
      Keep your recipes coming on FB!
      Thank you Sam!!

      Reply
      • Sam

        November 24, 2022 at 9:54 pm

        You’re welcome, Mary! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! FB has some tough algorithms to crack so you may not see all of my posts. The best way to keep getting recipes is to sign up for my newsletter. ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    2. Taylor

      November 23, 2022 at 1:15 am

      Can I use the apple filling recipe from your Dutch Apple Pie in this slab pie? I noticed the only major difference is sour cream, the applies are sliced (not diced) and maybe that the pie has a greater volume of apples?

      Reply
      • Sam

        November 24, 2022 at 10:10 pm

        Hi Taylor! You can use the filling from the Dutch Apple Pie. They actually have the same amount of apples in them. I would still cut the pieces up into little cubes here though. ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    3. Terry

      June 21, 2022 at 11:26 am

      Hi Sam – happy 1st day of summer!
      On Dec 15/18 you told Dana she could just leave the walnuts out she couldn’t eat them – but I was wondering if I could add oatmeal instead making it more like a crumble topping? I’d really like to make this! I’m just hoping the price of apples drops below $2/# here (in Alberta Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ).
      Thanks for the great recipes!

      Reply
      • Sam

        June 23, 2022 at 10:44 am

        Hi Terry! I haven’t tried it, but I think it could work here. ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    4. F. Rehana Farook

      June 17, 2021 at 12:14 am

      Hi Sam,
      Can you tell me the butter quantity in grams.
      Thank you!
      Reena

      Reply
      • Sam

        June 17, 2021 at 12:43 pm

        Hi Reena! For the crust it will be 127g. For the topping it will be 85g. ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
        • Reena

          June 18, 2021 at 2:08 am

          Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

    5. Gina

      November 03, 2020 at 10:46 am

      What could I use if I don’t have sour cream.?

      Reply
      • Sam

        November 03, 2020 at 10:48 pm

        Hi Gina! I haven’t tried it but I think whole milk greek yogurt could work here. ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    6. LILLIAN ODONNELL

      September 07, 2020 at 2:03 pm

      I am wondering if you can use pie made pie crust?

      Reply
      • Sam

        September 07, 2020 at 9:11 pm

        Yes that would be fine! You will likely need 1 & 1/2 crusts. Enjoy! ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    7. Lorena Sanchez

      June 28, 2020 at 11:14 pm

      Can i use gala apples instead of granny smith?

      Reply
      • Sam

        June 29, 2020 at 10:25 am

        Hi Lorena! Gala apples are a little bit sweeter but they should still work here. ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    8. Kathy Rice

      August 24, 2019 at 12:40 pm

      I usually partially cook the apple slices. That way you donโ€™t have to risk getting crust or topping too brown.k

      Reply
      • Sugar Spun Run

        August 24, 2019 at 1:25 pm

        That is a great recommendation, Kathy. I haven’t needed to do that but happy that it has worked so well for you! Thank you for sharing. I hope that you enjoy your apple pie! ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    9. Lynette

      July 08, 2019 at 11:25 pm

      Hi, if I don’t have a jelly roll pan can I use a sheet baking pan?

      Reply
      • Sam

        July 09, 2019 at 10:54 am

        Hi Lynette! It may not make enough dough for a standard cookie sheet. The crust may be really thin but it should still work. ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    10. Caley Krull

      November 09, 2018 at 9:17 am

      Iโ€™ve never made a pie before and Iโ€™m excited to make this slab. I bought all the ingredients and me and my husband are going to have fun making it…it look wonderful!! The only problem I have is I donโ€™t have a food processor. I there anything else I can do?
      Thank you so much in advance and thank you for all your yummy recipes. I tell all my friends about your sight!!
      Have a happy day๐Ÿ˜Š

      Reply
      • Sam

        November 11, 2018 at 9:27 pm

        Hi Caley. For the pie crust, you can cut in the butter using a pastry cutter. I would recommend finely chopping your nuts for the topping and then using a pastry cutter to cut everything together. Thank you for telling others about my recipes! โ˜บ๏ธ

        Reply
    11. Haley

      October 29, 2018 at 12:09 am

      How to store ?

      Reply
      • Sam

        October 29, 2018 at 9:05 am

        Wrapped with plastic wrap or in an airtight container, I’d recommend in the fridge, for several days ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    12. Kelly Hughes

      October 09, 2018 at 2:55 pm

      Sam, which size jelly roll pan do you use for this recipe? Thx

      Reply
      • Sam

        October 10, 2018 at 8:54 pm

        The pan I used is 15 x 10 โ˜บ๏ธ

        Reply
    13. ThePelican

      October 04, 2018 at 8:31 am

      5 stars
      Absolutely amazing!

      Reply
      • Sam

        October 04, 2018 at 11:47 am

        Thank you, so glad you enjoyed!! ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
        • Dana

          December 15, 2018 at 2:03 pm

          What streusel top would you use if you canโ€™t eat nuts?

          Dana

        • Sam

          December 15, 2018 at 10:22 pm

          Hi, Dana! You can just leave the walnuts out. ๐Ÿ™‚ I hope you love it!

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