Y’all, let me just say this loud and clear: life is too short for flimsy pie plates. 🙅🏻♀️ I’m a 40-year-old single Southern woman, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned—whether it’s Friendsgiving with the girls, Sunday potlucks at church, or the family Thanksgiving table—it’s that a quality pie plate is your secret weapon.
Here’s the deal: a good pie plate doesn’t just make your dessert look prettier (though trust me, nothing’s cuter than a perfectly golden crust sitting in a deep, rustic ceramic dish). It also bakes more evenly, keeps your filling from bubbling over like a middle school science experiment, and makes transporting your dish to parties way less stressful. Basically, if you want to be the girl everyone begs to “bring that pie again,” start with the right pie plate.
And because I love y’all, I’m not about to hype up pie plates without giving you a recipe to try. So here’s my go-to, crowd-pleasing, knock-your-socks-off dessert:
🍏 Southern Caramel Apple Pie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 double pie crust (homemade or store-bought—no judgment here)
- 6 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp butter (cut into small cubes)
- ½ cup caramel sauce (plus more for drizzling)
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Place your bottom pie crust into that gorgeous pie plate. (See? Already feels fancy.)
- In a large bowl, toss together apples, sugars, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla.
- Pour apple mixture into pie crust, dot with butter, and drizzle caramel over the top.
- Add top crust, crimp edges, and cut a few slits for steam.
- Bake 50–60 minutes, until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly.
- Let cool (if you can stand it), then serve with vanilla ice cream and another drizzle of caramel.
Trust me—show up to your next holiday gathering with this beauty in a sturdy, eye-catching pie plate, and people won’t just ask for the recipe… they’ll ask for your secret. (You can wink and say it’s “just Southern charm.” 😉)
Salt + Cedar Collective 