Dad's Delicious Apple Pie In A Bag
My very favorite apple pie, since childhood!! for the crust i always use dad's mazola no-roll pastry shell. Dad always used granny smith apples, but i've found that pink lady apples also work beautifully in this pie--sometimes i use a combination of granny smith and pink ladies. Don't forget the vanilla ice cream! (note: for those of you uncomfortable using a brown paper bag in the oven, you can omit that step and bake w/o the bag- - it's quite good that way too, -but- it won't be quite the same. Baking in the bag really does produce the most amazing pie!)! . I hope you enjoy this pie as much as we do!!
Steps
About an hour and a half before serving pie:.
Prepare favorite pastry pie crust.
Then make pie shell having fluted or rope edge.
Start heating oven to 400 d f.
Wash , pare then quarter apples.
Cut each quarter into 4 pieces , making 7 cups good-sized chunks.
In a large bowl , toss apple chunks with a mixture of 1 / 2 cup granulated sugar , 2 tablespoons flour , and the nutmeg or cinnamon , until each apple chunk is completely coated.
Fill pie shell with apple chunks , piling them high in the center of the pie.
Then sprinkle them with lemon juice.
Thoroughly mix 1 / 2 cup each of sugar and flour , and the butter , into a soft paste.
Spread over top of piled apple chunks.
Place pie in paper bag , closing and stapling open end.
Set on rack in center of oven and bake about 1 hour , until apples test done and pie is golden and caramelized.
When pie is nicely browned , remove pie from oven and let cool in the bag for 5-10 minutes.
Carefully remove pie from the paper bag and p.
Ingredients
unbaked 9-inch pie shell, cooking apples, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, nutmeg, lemon juice, butter, brown paper bag