Editing Apple pie (section)

==Ingredients==
[[File:Baking a Pie (Unsplash).jpg|thumb|Ingredients of an apple pie.]]
Apple pie can be made with many different sorts of apples. The more popular [[cooking apple]]s include [[Braeburn]], [[Gala (apple)|Gala]], [[Cortland (apple)|Cortland]], [[Bramley (apple)|Bramley]], [[Empire (apple)|Empire]], [[Northern Spy]], [[Granny Smith]], and [[McIntosh (apple)|McIntosh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Best Apples for Apple Pie|url = http://www.stemilt.com/blog/tips/best-apples-for-apple-pie/|website = Farm Blog {{!}} The Stemilt Blog|date = 2015-09-28|access-date = 2015-12-21}}</ref> The fruit for the pie can be fresh, canned, or reconstituted from [[dried fruit|dried apple]]s. Dried or preserved apples were originally substituted only at times when fresh [[fruit]] was unavailable. The basic ingredients of the filling are [[sugar]], [[butter]], a thickener like [[cornstarch]] and an acidic ingredient like [[lemon juice]]. Spices are added most commonly cinnamon,  [[nutmeg]].<ref name="foodnetwork.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/apple-pie-recipe.html|title=Apple Pie|website=Food Network}}</ref> and lemon juice which is used to prevent oxidation of the apples when [[macerating]] the filling. Many older recipes call for honey in place of the then-expensive sugar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfile.org/7-facts-about-apple-pie|title=7 Facts about Apple Pie|date=13 March 2015}}</ref>