I was a little over-zealous and purchesed way too many Maryland apples last week. They're ripe and there's no way I can finish them before they get too ripe. I already made an apple cake and wonder if anybody has that frozen apple pie recipe. I think it was Grandma's. Help?
That recipe is mine, Em! I think I got it out of Better Homes and Gardens back when we were living in Indiana, and buying bushels of apples from the orchards around there. I couldn't find a copy of it at first, but then found it in the Lueke family cookbook!
ReplyDeleteFreeze-ahead Apple Pies
10 pounds baking apples (~18 large)
2 cups sugar, white or light brown
1/2 cup quick-cooking tapioca
1/2 cup lemon juice
4 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp salt
Piecrust for 8, 9-inch crusts
milk
Peel, core, and slice apples. In large bowl, combine apples, sugar, tapioca, lemon juice, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, prepare pastry for 4 crusts. Roll them out and line 4, 9-inch pie pans. Fill each with 1/4 of the apple filling.
Prepare 4 more crusts, roll out top crusts and place over apples; make a rope edge and seal the edges. Freezer wrap and freeze up to 8 months.
To serve: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Unwrap frozen pie and cut a few short slashes in top crust with a sharp knife; brush with milk. Bake 1 hour and 15 min., or until crust is golden and fruit is tender. You can cover the edges of the crust with foil for the first 45 min to keep it from getting too dark.
To serve the same day the pie is prepared: Preheat oven to 400 degrees, cut slashes in crust, brush with milk and bake only 40 minutes.
Thanks Mom! Do you like how I credit Grandma with all of your good recipes?
ReplyDeleteIs tapioca the key to making these things frozen? Because I don't want to have to go to the store...
I'll try it without and let you know how it goes if I ever bake them.