my mother's apple pie

Name: My Mother's Apple Pie
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ## CRUST:; 1 - pie crust (top and bottom); 10 - inch pie plate -- deep dish; ## APPLES:; 5 cup(s) thinly sliced tart apple (granny smith ok); ## CUSTARD FILLING:; 1/4 cup(s) sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) flour; 1/4 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon(s) nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 3 - whole eggs, lightly beaten; 1 3/4 cup(s) milk; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla

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Marcia McCance

Stone Mountain, GA

Updated on Mar 24, 2013

I am ecstatic!! I think I found my mother's apple pie recipe... the one that I keep going on about... how it was so different than other apple pies! I found a little scribble of a note without even a heading but I think it is her recipe. Her secret seems to be that it was a custard apple pie! WoW! I've posted a facsimile pie -- and her note so you can see it! I've checked out some other recipes and do believe I have something about as close as I'm going to get! I hope you like it too!!

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Mom would write a recipe on any handy scrap of paper -- she may have had this one in her purse when someone shared the recipe with her. Looks like her pen did not work well either -- the scribble -- but she went right on!!

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Ingredients

CRUST:
1 - pie crust (top and bottom)
10 - inch pie plate -- deep dish
APPLES:
5 cups thinly sliced tart apple (granny smith ok)
CUSTARD FILLING:
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 - whole eggs, lightly beaten
1 3/4 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

How To Make my mother's apple pie

Step 1

Buy frozen pie crust or make pie crust (https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/pie/pie-crust-old-recipe.html?p=6) and place in deep dish 10" pie plate -- IMPORTANT: It must be deep dish or it may overflow.

Step 2

Thinly slice 5 cups of apples (about 4 apples -- or about 2 pounds) and place in crust. 1/4 inch slices -- to layer up on each other and leave spaces for custard to seep in between
Step 3

Mix together the custard filling ingredients and pour it over the apples.
Step 4

Top with other pie crust and Bake 400 F for 15 minutes Then bake 350 F for 30 minutes
Step 5

ALTERNATE: Some people prefer a streusel topping so here is what you will need for that:
Step 6

To make the streusel topping: lightly spoon 1/3 cup all-purpose flour into a measuring cup, and level with a knife. Combine the flour with 1/3 cup packed brown sugar, and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon. Cut 2 1/2 tablespoons of butter into small pieces; then cut into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter or a fork -- it will be crumbly. Set aside in fridge.
Step 7

For Streusel topping: Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees; sprinkle the streusel over the pie and bake for an additional 40 minutes.
Step 8

I got the information to flesh out her recipe from: http://veganeveryday.blogspot.com/2010/03/warm-apple-buttermilk-custard-pie.html and also at: http://glutenfreemakeovers.com/tag/gluten-free-apple-custard-pie/
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