This is one of my favorite apple pies. I must have started making this over 20 years ago and the taste has never left my mind. Unfortunately with two moves in the past ten years I had misplaced the recipe and no amount of internet searching could help find the exact one as I remembered it. I am now overjoyed because amongst my hundreds of scraps of recipes I found a copy of the original recipe. I had copied some of my favorite recipes at Staples. Remember when you had to go out of your house to get a copy of something?
This apple pie recipe is unique in that not only is it the easiest one I know of but you simply grate the unpeeled apples on a large box grater, mix them with sugar, flour and lemon juice and you are done. No pealing coring and slicing!
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Grated Apple Pie with Streusel Topping
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Filling:
One unbaked pie shell
6-medium-size firm apples, I use Granny Smith but a combination of any firm apples will work well
1/2-Cup Sugar
2-Tablespoons flour
1-Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4-teaspoon cinnamon AND salt
Streusel Topping:
1/2-Cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2-Cup flour
2-Tablespoons room temperature butter
Preheat oven to 400º this time will be reduced after 10 minutes to 375º using a large box grater or processor great the apples with the skins on. Obviously if you use a processor you will have to section and core but remember to leave the skins on. Mix grated apples in a bowl with sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon and salt. Place in unbaked pie shell.
Mix streusel topping with your fingers until crumbly and top apples in pie shell.
Bake for 10 minutes at 400º then reduce oven temperature to 375º and continue to bake 25-30 minutes or until nicely browned on top and you can see apple juices bubbling slightly on side. I do find baking pies in glass pie pans insure a more evenly cooked bottom—no soggy bottoms!
I will be happy to send you my weekly recipes via email just contact me at apieceofcake@optonline.net On the Web at www.patokeefe.net Web site now has over 200 recipes with more added daily. Need a past recipe or have a question, I will do my best to help, just email me. ENJOY!
