Banbury apple pie

This is a type of closed pie as we know mostly from America today. These kinds of sweet pies came from England, where they have been on the menu for centuries. Their lids were either decorated with pastry, or the pies were cut into shapes, creating the ‘cut laid tarts’ we find in old cookbooks.

Apple pie was very common in Britain throughout the ages. I like the fact that this recipe is linked to the town of Banbury in Oxfordshire by a recipe I found in a 1928 newspaper. Strangely,