You'll NEED to try this easy and delicious Apple Pie recipe

It's a consensus that home-made food always tastes better, especially in this time of the year, when days start getting colder and the only thing that could make them better is a delicious sweet treat right out of the oven.

Need some inspiration? Our friends from Good Food magazine had the perfect easy and tasty recipe for a seasonal classic: apple pie!

First, you’ll need to gather all the ingredients.

For the filling

   1kg of apples

   140g golden caster sugar

   ½ tsp cinnamon

   3 tbsp flour

For the pastry

   225g butter, room temperature

   50g golden caster sugar, plus extra

   2 eggs

   50g plain flour, preferably organic

   Softly whipped cream to serve

Now, the steps! 
1.  The apples.       Put a layer of paper towels on a large baking sheet. Quarter, core, peel and slice the apples about 5mm thick and lay evenly on the baking sheet. Set aside covered in paper towel.

2. The pastry. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until just mixed. Break in a whole egg and a yolk. Don’t throw away the white! You'll need it for glazing later. Beat together for just a minute. Work in the flour with a wooden spoon, a third at a time, until it clumps up. Gather everything together with your hands and work the dough into a ball. Wrap in cling film and chill for 45 mins. After the pastry has chilled, heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5.

3. The filling. Now mix the sugar, the cinnamon and flour in a large bowl.   Lightly beat the egg white with a fork.

4. Shaping your pie up.  Cut off a third of the pastry and keep it wrapped while you roll out the rest, which you'll use to line a pie tin – 20-22cm round and 4cm deep –. Leave a slight overhang. Roll the remaining third to a circle about 28cm in diameter. Pat the apples dry with kitchen paper, and tip them into the bowl with the cinnamon-sugar mix. Give a quick mix with your hands and immediately pile high into the pastry-lined tin. Brush a little water around the pastry rim and lay the pastry lid over the apples pressing the edges together to seal. Trim the edge with a sharp knife and make 5 little slashes on top of the lid for the steam to escape. Brush it all with the egg white and sprinkle with caster sugar.

5. Bake and enjoy! Bake for 40-45 mins, until golden, then remove and let it sit for 5-10 mins. Sprinkle with more sugar and serve while still warm from the oven with softly whipped cream.