Swedish Apple Pie
This Swedish Apple Pie is the easiest pie you will ever make! When I was a little girl, I had a great-grandmother from Norway that I loved very much. Scandinavian people have a rich history and I’m proud to have that heritage.
She was 100% Norwegian. I used to love to sit on her lap and hear her speak with her Norwegian accent. I can still see her making my favorite lefse and apple pie.
Those two items were my favorite treats that she would make for the grandkids. I can still visualize the pie cooling on the rack, waiting for it to be cut into slices to eat.
I never liked it with a slice of cheese; my favorite was to add ice cream on the side.
My mother made the best pies, but I am not a pie maker, PERIOD, but this makes you look like you are a pie maker. I’m just giving you a heads-up. This is my sister’s mother-in-law Joan’s Swedish apple pie recipe (I modified it a bit).
If I can make this pie, anyone can. It doesn’t have to be rolled out, cut, or fluted. You stir the ingredients and use your hands to form the dough on the apples.
Talk about EASY and oh-so-yummy! In case you missed this post, Apples: Everything You Need To Know
Related Topic: 12 Fantastic Uses for Apples
Kitchen Items Needed
- Paring knife (to peel apples by hand, if desired)
- Apple Peeler
- Mixing Bowls
- Dough Blender/Pastry Cutter
- Pie Pan
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
Easy Swedish Apple Pie
Step One
Gather your ingredients, and set up your apple peeler if you have one.
Step Two
Preheat the oven to (350°F) = (176°C) degrees and grease the 9-inch pie pan. Set out the ingredients for the Swedish Apple Pie Recipe. Wash, core, peel, and slice your apples of choice.
Granny Smith apples are my favorite for this recipe, but any apple will work. I’m just giving you a heads-up.
Step Three
I used this peeler, but you can hand peel the apples. It makes life easy for me; it cores the apples, peels them, and slices them evenly. It can’t get any easier than this.
Step Four
After you grease the pie pan, press the sliced apples into the pan. First of all, I love a lot of apples, and I mean a lot of apples in this recipe. I stack them high until they start to fall off.
I bake it on a cookie sheet I place under the pie pan; otherwise, apple juices may drip on the bottom of your oven.
Step Five
Now, you sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon on top of the apples. I love cinnamon, so I sprinkle two tablespoons over the apples.
Yes, I doubled the original amount of cinnamon compared to the original recipe. But that’s how I roll, and I love cinnamon!
Step Six
Combine the butter, sugar, flour, and egg with a dough blender and finish mixing with your hands. It’s a sticky dough but delicious when baked!
Step Seven
After using the blender, I scooped the mixture onto a floured countertop and mixed it more by hand.
Step Eight
Scoop the dough for the crust with a spoon and evenly mound it on the apples. Sprinkle with more cinnamon and sugar on top of the pie crust dough.
Bake for 45-50 minutes until golden brown on the cookie sheet, or the juices may drip on the bottom of your oven, as mentioned. Serve with ice cream on the side. Enjoy.
Finished Product
Is your mouth watering yet? I hope you try making this Swedish Apple Pie recipe! It’s so easy!
Easy Swedish Apple Pie Recipe
- 8-10 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced (Granny Smith apples are my favorite)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour (I use bread flour)
- 1 egg
- Cinnamon and sugar to sprinkle on crust before baking.
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Preheat the oven to (350°F) = (176°C) degrees. Wash, core, and slice the apples.
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Press the sliced apples into a greased 9-inch pie plate/pan.
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Sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon over the apples.
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Combine the ingredients with a dough blender and finish mixing with your hands.
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Scoop the crust with a spoon and evenly mound it on the apples.
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Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top of the crust before baking.
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Bake for 45-50 until golden brown on a cookie sheet, or the juices may drip on the bottom of your oven. Serve with ice cream on the side. Enjoy.
How do I store the pie after baking?
To be safe, I always cover my pies with plastic wrap and store them in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
Final Word
There is something fabulous about baking a Swedish Apple Pie. Your house smells fantastic, and you can’t wait for the pie to cool before serving it to your family or friends.
I try to pick up vanilla bean ice cream to serve with it. It’s all about teaching our family to cook from scratch and we love doing it! May God Bless this world, Linda
Oh my gosh! This sounds so good. And I’m not a big fan of apple pie. LOL But, my husband is, so ill have to be making him some.
Those look like Granny Smith apples. Is that right?
Hi Deborah, yes I used Granny Smith but any apple works. I love the crust because it’s not heavy. I love the cooked apples with cinnamon. I hope your husband likes it. Linda
I will have to tweek it as hubby’s diabetic. I have stevia and will use it.
Hi Deborah, WHOA! I have stevia, oh my gosh, now I need to make it with stevia. Do you buy the stevia in the green bag? I get it at Walmart. Now I need to make one on Sunday with stevia!! Yay! Linda
We have Stevia, Truvia, Splenda, a s Swerve sweeteners. My favorite is Stevia. I don’t remember the color of the bag though. I use all in different recipes. Regular Splenda isn’t great for baking in my opinion. It leaves an after taste. I mostly use Stevia and Swerve.
Hi Deborah, gotcha! I think the bag I buy says I can use a cup for a cup of regular white sugar. I can’t wait to try it! Linda
Stevia is the most like sugar I’ve found in “artificial sweeteners”. I like it best because it’s natural not artificial. If you use the liquid, you use half the amount and cut down on the liquid by the amount of liquid Stevia you use.
Hi Deborah, I only use the dry stevia. I use so little that the dry works for me. Linda
I have a small bottle of the liquid for my sis-in-law. She uses it in her coffee and tea. For baking, I use the granules too. I do have swerve confectioners sugar. I’ll be making some sugar free mounds for the husband. We’re waiting for the sugar free semi-sweet chocolate chips. I have everything else.
Did you know that the original mounds had finely chopped pecans in it? Husband found it out.
HI Deborah, I need to look at my mom’s mounds recipe. I think she used pecans. Now, I need to look. I didn’t know they made sugar-free semi chocolate chips!! Love it! Linda
Check Amazon. That’s where the husband found them. He checks for the best prices, too.
Hi Deborah, I will for sure! Thank you! Linda
The Swedish apple pie sounds fantastic can’t wait to make it.
Thank you for putting God in the recipe may He bless you too.
Linda C.
Hi Linda, I hope you like it as much as I do! I have so many apples in my frig and I just had to make this recipe! May God bless you as well! Linda
It looks just like the one my Norwegian grandma made!!
Hi Jennifer, really???? Oh my gosh, I love hearing this! I really wanted to call it a Norwegian Apple Pie, but I think people only know it as Swedish!! It’s so good, and it brings back so many great memories. Yay for our Norwegian heritage!!! Linda
Definitely going to make this this weekend while my sister is visiting. I wondered why you didn’t call it Norwegian Apple Pie! LOL…I’m Norwegian, too. I loved hearing the family speaking with the accent, all the traditions, holidays, etc. I miss them – it’s only my sister and I left, and we were born and raised here in America. I’ve been lucky in that my husband has taken me to Norway several times. I soaked it up. The best time was spending a day in the National Archives researching my family history. I learned alot…and debunked some erroneous family information. That was an experience. Visiting the Royal Palace was fun, the Viking museum, taking the Norway In A Nutshell train from Oslo to Bergen. Lots of wonderful memories. Uh, lutefisk? NO! Like, NOOOOO! But other than that, the food and all the baked goods are wonderful.
Thanks for the recipe! I printed it off and I think I’ll go make it right now!
Hi Robbie, my mom went several times to Norway and my sister has gone once. None of us like lutefisk!! Lefse, oh yeah! Linda
I have 3 or 4 of those apple peelers & cannot seem to get any of them to work correctly. either they only take off bits of the skin & jump to another section or they take off too much of the fruit. I just hate wasting! is there a video somewhere explaining exactly how to set up this gadget that could help an old man? I have an apple tree & just love apples but can’t always eat the skin. thank you.
this recipe looks wonderful….joe
Hi Joe, oh that is not fun! I think it needs to be adjusted. Let me see if I can find a YouTube. This guy shows how to adjust the peeler. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQgOQX7elX8 Let’s see if this helps you. We have to find a way for you to get yours to work. Linda
THANK YOU! i’LL GIVE IT A LOOK SEE & LET YOU KNOW! oops, sorry for the capitals!
Hi Joe, I always forget to take it off caps, no worries, ever! I hope you can see how to adjust it. Linda
I dont know what I did wrong! My crust melted into the apples. Maybe my butter was too soft? We’ll still try earing it.
Hi Jennifer, WHAT? It’s a really thick crust, I have made it so many times and never had that happen. My butter is always soft, it’s a really sticky dough. It’s so thick. Hmmmmm, do you live at a higher elevation??? I live in Southern Utah. I don’t know what happened. You used regular white flour and regular sugar and real butter, not margarine, right? Darn, I can’t imagine why it didn’t work. I hope you figure it out, it’s literally a no-fail apple pie. I hope you figure out what happened. Linda
I’m in Nebraska so no high altitude. I do leave the butter out overnight. I used normal A/P flour. Maybe that is what happened??? It still tasted good and didn’t last long 🙂 I’m going to try it again. I also spread it to the edge of the pie plate (it was glass) It was still good so I will be making again!
Hi Jennifer, I can’t wait to make it again as well, it’s so good! That flour should be fine. Fingers crossed it works again, Linda
Hi Jennifer, you didn’t melt the butter, right? I soften my butter by putting it out the night before on the counter. Linda
This looks incredible. I can’t wait to try it!
Hi Jess, oh my gosh, I just ordered a Pampered Chef apple peeler from a friend who is having a party. I love love love cooked apples! Your kids would love making this, it’s so easy! Linda
Greetings from Texas!
Love that my Swedish sister from another mother posted a pie from the motherland!
I will be making this for our Sunday treat and will gladly share with my Sven, (Bill) who loves all things Granny Smith.
Miss you, girl!!
Hi Becky!!!! Oh, how I miss my sister from another mother!! You have always been a ray of sunshine in any room you enter! I follow you on social media and love to see the pics you post! This Swedish Apple Pie is so good! Say Hi to Bill (Sven)! Linda
This is almost like the Apple Crumble I made. the topping is almost the same but it’s a crumble.
My mom and grandma use to make it this way but we are not Swedish. Anyway it is good.
Hi June, it’s like a combination of pie crust and a cookie. It’s soooo good! Linda
I made this last night and it turned out better than I thought. My topping was’t soft like yours in the picture, but baked up very well. I used Gala and Fuji. If you ever forget the cinnamon and sugar on the apples, just all a bit more on the crust . I make good pies, but if I want an apple pie that is fast, this is a good one to use. I will use more apples the next time since my pie plate is a deep one. I wondered if the inside would be juicy, but the topping helps thicken it . Thank for posting the recipe. Nice crunchy top!
Hi Cheryl, I’m glad to hear it turned out well for you! I wish I was better at pie crusts, I’m still working on the skill. This pie is one of my very favorites! The more apples, the more I love it! Linda
I have tried many apple pie recipes and have some very good recipes . . . but his one is now my favorite to make! The pie is easy to make with no regular crust to roll out. The topping is delicious! I did use a trick I learned from Christopher Kimball – I precooked the apples in the microwave for 5 minutes first. If you have a ceramic or glass pie pan you can did this in the same pan then add the topping.
I also have a Norwegian grandparent but they died before I was born. It is fun to try these Scandinavian recipes. Thank you Linda!
Hi Kay, thank you for the 5 stars, my sweet friend! I’m so glad you love this recipe as much as I do! I will try precooking the apples, good idea! I love the smell of an apple pie baking in the oven! Linda