Jan’s 1940’s Apple Pie

Title: Jan's 1940's Apple Pie

Categories: Pies

Yield: 6 Servings

1 ts Cinnamon

2 tb Flour

1 tb Butter or margarine

3/4 c Sugar (1 c for tart apples)

4 Mcintosh apples

4 Cortland apples

Line bottom of pie plate with thin crust, let it drape over edge of plate.

Slice apples into plate until it is HEAPED over top. Mix the cinnamon and flour into the sugar and pour this over the apple slices.

Dot the top with pieces of the butter. Now cut around the plate to rid the

6 inches or so

crisco... Make 5 or 6 slits near middle.. Sprinkle with flour.. Fold and put on pie. This makes it easier to place on pie. Unfold, then cut off to

within 1 1/2 " any access and fold under the other crust making finger

"folds" to seal all around. Now walk to sink and holding pie in one hand ..run it quickly under cold water to PARTIALLY rinse off flour.. This is

350 for about 1 hour ..until golden brown

and a sharp knife inserted feels NO firm apples. This recipe from Gertrude

Ingraham of Westbrook, Maine.. used since 1940 --