Traditional Apple Pie

A family recipe from Kay Ulmer.

Getting ready: 25 min · Cooking: 50 min · Feeds: 8

Ingredients

• Pastry for 2 crust 9 inch pie
• 1 c sugar
• 2 Tb. tapioca
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• A dash of salt
• 6 c thinly pared tart apples
• 2 Tb. butter

Directions

1. Heat oven 350.
2. Stir together sugar, cinn, tapioca, salt.
3. Mix with sliced apples; pour into pastry lined pie pan.
4. Dot with butter; cover with top crust and cut slits.
5. Seal and flute edges. Cover edges with 2 to 3 inch foil to prevent excess browning.
6. Bake 45-50 min or until crust is nice brown and juice begins to bubble through the slits in top crust.
7. Tip: Old trick - instead of foil use old sheets or pillowcase, tear into strips 2 inch wide and long enough to go around pie, wet with cold water and squeeze out. Lay around the edge. Remove right away after baking and toss away.

The story behind it

Ida Kruse