Washington Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
• 6 medium-sized tart apples
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Boil sugar and pineapple juice, add apples which have been pared, cored, and cut in fourths.

2. 2

   Cook slowly uncovered until tender.

3. 3

   Lift apples out carefully and lay them in a pie pan lined with unbaked pastry.

4. 4

   Dissolve cornstarch in cold water and add to syrup.

5. 5

   Cook until thickens.

6. 6

   Add vanilla and butter, pour over apples.

7. 7

   Cut strips of pastry, brush lightly with cream, place criss-cross over pie.

8. 8

   Bake at 450 degrees for ten minutes, then reduce heat and finish baking at 350 degrees.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Chapel Hill cook book (1935) by Presbyterian Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WASHINGTON APPLE PIE 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon cornstarch 1 cup unsweetened % teaspoon salt pineapple juice V2 teaspoon vanilla 6 medium-sized tart apples 1 tablespoon butter

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.