Preheat the oven to 400℉. Lightly grease a deep pie dish with nonstick cooking spray or butter.
Apple Pie Filling:
Peel and thinly slice the apples.
Add them to a large bowl. Toss with the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon and salt. Set this aside until pie crust is made.
To Make Pie Dough:
Make pie crust: add flour, sugar and salt to a bowl and whisk together. Add the cold butter pieces and break them apart with fingers or pastry cutter. They should be pea-size pieces.
Add in the ice cold water and stir until it begins to come together. Use hands to form the dough into a ball. Divid the dough in half, then shape each one into a ball. Wrap one in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for now.
Flour a clean work surface. Press one pie dough out with fingers then roll out it to be 12" wide.
Use rolling pin to gently roll it over top. Transfer to a prepared deep dish pie pan by unrolling over the pie dish.
Give the apples a stir (some of their juices will have released) and then pour the apples into the pie crust, leaving all the extra liquid behind in the bowl. You can discard the juice. Set this aside for now.
Now roll out the second pie dough on a clean floured surface 12" wide. Cut it into 1" strips with a pizza cutter or a knife. Next, cut each one of those in half to create ½" strips. Discard the rough edges.
Lay longest middle strip in the center of pie. Add every other strip to the right sid of the pie, leaving a bit of space in between. Repeat with the left side.
Repeat steps but going the opposite direction: First, fold every other strip in half that are on the pie. Now place the longest strip that's left in the center. Unfold the folded strips overtop. Next, repeat but using the opposite strips that you just folded. Add the next strip. Work your way up the pie using all strips on the right.
Repeat the same steps using the left strips and going down the bottom direction of the pie until all strips have been used.
Trim dangling strips for a pie edge of ½" overhang. Fold that under itself, and crimp the edges with your fingers. Brush the top with of the pie dough gently with a bit of milk.
Bake at 400°F with pie in lower third rack position in oven. Bake for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350°F and bake another 40-50 mins more. Pie is done with crust is golden brown and filling is hot and bubbling.Optional step: Loosly cover with foil halfway through baking to prevent browning too much.
Let the pie cool at room temperature for two hours before slicing and serving. This will allow the apple pie filling to thicken perfectly.
Recipe Notes:
Use cold butter to make the pie dough. It doesn't matter if the butter is cold or not for the pie filling.
Peel the apples first, then slice the apple thin! This will ensure they cook evenly.
To Make Ahead – This pie can be prepared 1 day ahead of time and then baked the day you plan to serve. Just store wrapped in plastic wrap in the fridge until you’re ready to bake.
You can also make the pie dough in advance and freeze it in balls. Consider batch prepping a few for future pies to help save time!
To Freeze – Baked apple pie freezes beautifully. Wrap it with plastic wrap and place in the freezer for up to 4 months. To prevent freezer burn, wrap the pie tightly removing as much air as possible.