Johnny Appleseed Pie is my husband’s favorite pie! I make it for his birthday every year.
Below you’ll find both traditional print directions, and photo-illustrated directions. Creative variations are included at the end.
Ingredients for Johnny Appleseed Pie
Filling
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
6-8 tart apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced1
1/2 to 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
Crust
1 pie crust, uncooked2
Topping
1 cup Bisquick
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/2 to 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
Directions for Johnny Appleseed Pie
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine sugar and cinnamon from Filling ingredients. Mix with apples.
- Turn into the unbaked pie crust.
- Top with semisweet chocolate morsels from Filling ingredients.
- In a small bowl, combine the Bisquick and sugar from the Topping ingredients. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over the pie.
- Bake until apples are tender, about 45 minutes.
- After you remove the pie from the oven, top with semisweet chocolate morsels from Topping ingredients.
- Let cool for about 15 to 30 minutes before serving.
Photo Directions
These photographs were taken when I made this pie on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, for Thanksgiving.
![400 degrees F](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/0-temperature.jpg)
Set the oven temperature to 400 degrees F.
![Slice apples and warm refrigerated pie dough to room temperature.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1-slice-apples.jpg)
Slice apples and warm refrigerated pie dough to room temperature.
![Roll pie crust into your pie pan.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2-roll-pie-crust.jpg)
Roll pie crust into your pie pan.
![Press crust to edges of pan.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/3-fit-crust-pan.jpg)
Press crust to edges of pan.
![Measure cinnamon and sugar into a small bowl.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/4-cinnamon-sugar.jpg)
Measure cinnamon and sugar into a small bowl.
![Mix cinnamon and sugar together well.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/5-cinnamon-sugar.jpg)
Mix cinnamon and sugar together well.
![Add sugar mixture to apples.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/6-sugar2apples.jpg)
Add sugar mixture to apples.
![Mix together until apples are evenly coated with sugar mixture.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/7-sugar-apples.jpg)
Mix together until apples are evenly coated with sugar mixture.
![Place apple mixture into the pie crust.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/8-apple-piepan.jpg)
Place apple mixture into the pie crust.
![Top with chocolate chips.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/9-chips-on-apples.jpg)
Top with chocolate chips.
![Cut butter into Bisquick sugar mixture.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/10-cut-butter.jpg)
Measure Bisquick and sugar into a small bowl. Cut in butter.
![Top pie with crumble mixture.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/11-crumble-topping.jpg)
Top pie with crumble mixture.
![Bake until apples are tender, about 45 minutes. Then remove from the oven.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/12-baked-pie.jpg)
Bake until apples are tender, about 45 minutes. Then remove from the oven.
![Top with chocolate chips while still warm.](https://www.carmascookery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/13-finished-pie.jpg)
Top with chocolate chips while still warm.
- Want a plain apple pie? Simply leave out the semisweet chocolate morsels!
- Try using butterscotch or white chocolate morsels instead of the semisweet chocolate morsels.
- Want a little more kick to your pie? Add in 1/4 tsp of cloves, mace or allspice to the cinnamon sugar mix.
- Toss chopped pecans or walnuts in with the apples for a cruchier texture.
- Substitute raisins, yellow raisins or craisins for the semisweet chocolate morsels.
- Use half pears and half apples for a more mild flavored pie.
- In the filling, instead of cinnamon, use grated fresh ginger, and instead of semisweet chocolate morsels use chopped candied ginger. Then in the topping, replace half the Bisquick with crushed gingersnaps.
- Get creative with your crust and make a cinnamon crust. You can find a recipe for it in my book, Your Perfect Pie.
- Use a lattice topping instead of the crumble topping.
- Add chopped pecans or walnuts to the topping.
- Add in 1/2 tsp ground ginger to the cinnamon sugar mixture of the filling and replace 1/2 cup of the Bisquick with crushed gingersnaps for the topping.
- Mix and match any of these suggestions, as well as any ideas of your own!
Notes
- If you want to make the slicing task easier, use a apple peeler, slicer and corer. I show you how to use one here.
- You can use one you make yourself, one that is pre-made and you roll out onto your pie pan or one that comes already in an aluminum pan. Regardless, I highly recommend using a deep-dish pie pan. I’ve also used a large tart pan.