This recipe is from my 94 year old friend.
She has 280 years worth of recipes from her mother, grandmother and great aunt. This is just a small selection of her many old recipe boxes.
Heritage Dutch Apple Pie, with Struddle /Strussel Topping is the Pie of the Day here.
Head baker is Dorothy. She was a farm wife and had a very large family she had to feed for 70 years as they ran their beloved dairy farm in the most rural part of Vermont. She is an incredible cook.
First thing she said about this recipe was: "Macintosh apples shrink too much, Cortland apples stay in better shape when baking."
I went and got fresh, local Cortlands, peeled 6 medium sized, took the core out, sliced them up and got about 6 cups worth of apple slices, ready to go.
Dorothy has a hard time standing up so we used a unbaked pie crust shell-with fluted edges- so she didn't have to try and balance while rolling out crust.
First step was to put the store bought 9 inch unbaked pie crush shell in the pie dish.
Pile the 6 cups of sliced apple onto the pie shell.
Combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 Tsp cinnamon and 1/2 Tsp ground nutmeg in a bowl or measuring cup. Mix well.
As you arrange the apple slices in the pie shell, layer the cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar mixture.
In a separate bowl combine:
1 cup sifted flour
3/4 cup sugar
Cut in 1/2 Cup soft butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until crumbly.
Sprinkle these crumbs over the apples:
Pile the crumbly mix on top of the apples and pack the mixture on tight as possible.
Bake in 400 degree oven 50 minutes OR until the top is golden brown and apples are tender (stab them with a long fork).
The other option is to bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes and then at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Makes a delicious 6-8 servings.
Serve this pie with one or two of the following:
Slice of Vermont Cheddar Cheese
Ice cream
Whipped cream
Maple syrup
This pie did not last 30 minutes after it cooled off. We ate all of it. With all of the above combinations. Fabulous.
We are going to make another one very very soon. Maybe 2 or 3 at the same time.
Oh YUMMMM!!!!!
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How lucky you are to have such a dear friend.What a beautiful lady!I don't know how to make pies either but am going to give this recipe a try.Tell her "Thank You" for sharing her recipe. Tami
ReplyDeletemmmmmm, what a gift to have her. I'm a better consumer too! ;o)
ReplyDeleteIt's to be pumpkin pie here this year. As I don't use sweeteners as a rule, in previous years I'd used apple juice concentrate. Can't eat apples any more. :((
ReplyDeleteSo I'm going to try agave nectar, as it's a low glycemic item.
I can't eat wheat either, so I'm going to try using my unsweetened granola cereal for a crust.
It will be different! For topping I use whipped cream made without sugar but lots of vanilla. I use Jersey cream for this.
I liked the crumble topping idea on your pie. I wonder if I put spices in it instead of sugar..... I could use millet flour also. And peaches instead of apples.... Hmmmmm
It's cool you found such a good teacher to learn cooking from. :))
That looks awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMy mouth is so watering. I can almost taste how good that is.
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolute blessing you have in your friend. She is just beautiful and you can truly see the love in her face. The pie looks crazy delicious! Thanks for linking this to the Hearth and Soul Hop. When you can please put a link back to the Hop in your post so others can join in the fun - thanks!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Passing this one along on my Feature Fridays. Thanks for the smile.
ReplyDeleteGreat story, Moore. Dorothy looks familiar to me for some reason. I can see she is a real old fashioned Vermonter. By the way, did Mavis get any of that pie?
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