Apple pie

An apple pie is a pie in which the principal filling ingredient is apple.

Apple pie lovers generally love this delicious dish accompanied with ice creams.

English apple pie recipes go back to the time of Chaucer.

The 1381 recipe is the earliest known apple pie recipe in the world, and lists the ingredients as good apples, good spices, figs, raisins and pears.

It wasn't until the 15th century that Dutch bakers transformed the crust-less apple pie into the lattice-style pastry we commonly see today.

Ingredients used in the Dutch style apple pie are different.

There are American apple pie recipes, both manuscript and printed, from the 18th century.

America's first cookbook includes two recipes for apple pie, neither claiming the roots of the recipe.

Today, apple pie is the most popular flavor in America, followed by pumpkin, chocolate, lemon meringue and cherry - according to the American Pie Council.

Apple pie is an unofficial symbol of the United States and one of its signature comfort foods.

The saying "as American as apple pie" describes things that represent the best of American culture.

It wasn't until the 1940s, when the United States entered World War II, that "as American as apple pie" truly took off.

When journalists at the time asked soldiers why they were willing to fight in the war, the typical response was "for mom and apple pie".

By the 1960s, the phrase transformed into "American as apple pie".

She was a farmer and it's believed she developed a very new type of apple, when her apple pie already became widely popular.