Depression Era Apple Candy Pie

7 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 5 cups sliced apples (enough to fill a casserole pan about 3/4 full.)
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup either unbleached cane sugar or 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 4 tablespoons soft butter
  • 3/4 cup of chopped hickory nuts or 3/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions

  1. 1
    Fill a medium sized casserole three - quarters full of peeled, cored, and sliced apples.
  2. 2
    Add the lemon juice.
  3. 3
    In a separate bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, butter, and nuts.
  4. 4
    Blend until mixture looks crumbly.
  5. 5
    Sprinkle on top of the apples. Do not stir.
  6. 6
    Bake in a 350 degree oven about forty- five minutes.
  7. 7
    Turn oven to 450 degrees and allow it to brown quickly.
  8. 8
    It can be served hot or cold.
  9. 9
    If you like, you may pour cream on top.

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