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means A baked dessert of sliced apples and sugar enclosed in pastry — simple in substance, loaded in symbolism, especially as shorthand for wholesome American identity.

from The dish itself is old-world: apple pies turn up in English recipes going back centuries, with early versions using tougher, less sugary apples and sturdier, sometimes inedible pastry meant mainly to hold the filling. 'Apple pie' as the emblem of America is a later layer entirely — the phrase 'as American as apple pie' took hold in the 20th century, pushed along by advertising, wartime morale messaging, and nostalgia industries that needed a cozy, edible stand-in for patriotism. So the pastry crossed the Atlantic with settlers; the mythology was built here, largely by marketers.