There are always a few grocery store baked goods that I can never resist. A pizza bun with crispy cheesy edges, large double chocolate chunk muffins, long john doughnut “eclairs,” and my ultimate weakness — granny smith apple pie. It is probably mostly nostalgia that makes me love the $4.99 apple pie in the iconic green box at my grocery but there is something about a sweet and super tart apple pie filling that makes me cut an extra large slice every time. This is my ode to the apple pie I got to know so well growing up. Today we trade in grocery store pie crust for a rich and flakey all-butter pie crust and an apple filling that is as tart as the one I remember eating for breakfast as a child. The tartness of granny smith apples is what makes this pie so special but if you want a more classic apple pie flavour, feel free to substitute half the granny smith apples for your apple of choice. I promise you that it will be just as good.
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