Guest Author - Jennifer Wolf

This is my grandmother’s recipe, slightly modified. It produces a fairly sweet apple pie. If you prefer, replace the crumb topping with regular pie crust.

Delicious Apple Pie
Ingredients:
1 Pie crust (I use Pillsbury’s Ready-Made Pie Crust!)
8 Cups thinly sliced apples
¼ Cup firmly packed light brown sugar
¼ Cup granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon tapioca
1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ Teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ Teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons butter

Directions:
1. Slice the apples and place them in a large bowl.
2. In a small bowl, mix both sugars, the tapioca, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Sprinkle this mixture over the apples and let it stand at room temperature for ten minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 425° F.
4. Meanwhile, prepare your pie crust and carefully place it a glass pie dish. Crimp the edges as desired.
5. Pour the apple mixture on top of the pie crust.
6. Cut the butter into small pieces and place arrange them, scattered, on top of the apples.
7. Top with crumb topping (see the recipe below) and bake at 425° F for 40 minutes.

Crumb Topping
Ingredients:
½ Cup flour
½ Cup light brown sugar
¼ Teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
6 Tablespoons butter (cold)

Directions:
1. Mix the above ingredients, using a pastry blender or two forks, until crumbs form.
2. Crumble the mixture on top of the apple pie. (This is great for apple cobbler, too!)
3. Bake and enjoy!