Apple pie is delicious anyway you make it, I believe. This is an old recipe from a Mennonite Cookbook that my mom had when I was a kid. I made it first when I was about 15, and have loved it ever since. It is an open-faced pie, and it has a yummy custard layer under the apples.
First, mix the flour and sugar and spread in an unbaked pie shell.
Then place the apple slices on top, and carefully pour the milk mixture over the apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon, and dot with butter.
Bake at 350 for an hour. Serve warm or cool. A scoop of ice cream on the side puts it over the top! 🙂
Pie-baking tip: Most pies can be baked at 350º for one hour. The edges never burn, and the bottom crust is sure to be done. Yes, sometimes it 'cooks out' a bit, but don't overfill your pies, and it will be fine. I bake every pie like this.
Old-Fashioned Custard Apple Pie
Ingredients
- 6 tart apples
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- Pastry for one 9 inch pan
Instructions
- Mix sugar and flour together and spread in pastry shell.
- Pare apples and cut in quarters; fit tightly together in shell, on op of flour mix.
- Sprinkle apples with cinnamon and dot with butter.
- Pour milk over the mixture.
- Bake at 350 for one hour.
Nutrition
How about you? Do you have a standard baking time for pies? Or do you just follow the recipe?
mmmm....this looks good. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks!
I was too scared of a 'soggy bottom' to put all the filling in an unbaked pie crust so I blind baked the crust first! But the result was amazing and I am making it for the second time this weekend. My fiance loved it too!
I was delighted to find this recipe on online. My mother and I have made this pie countless times from the Mennonite community cookbook. It is a favorite of almost everyone in four generations!
I want to make it this afternoon, don't have my recipe book with me since I'm far from home, and I wondered if I would possibly find it if I googled it. Thanks so much.
You're welcome! So glad to be of use! 🙂
2 TBL of what ? after the flour on the ingredients. Is that the butter mentioned later in the directions?
Yes, that is the butter. I am so sorry! I guess there was a glitch of some sort.
I made this but the filling is looking wet? Does it thicken and firm up?
Hey! I am so sorry I didn't reply right away. Your comment went to teh spam filter at first. I hope it turned out ok?!