“My Friend Libby and her son Warren made a trip to an apple orchard located near Asheville, N.C. They allow you to pick your own apples. I wasn’t able to go so they brought me a peck of the biggest, most beautiful apples you have ever seen. This recipe is what I came up with for some of those apples. I hope you like it. I sure did! The only thing wrong was I didn’t have ice cream on hand to go with it!!!” ~ Mama Peggy
Apple pies and cobblers are a "must-have" in any Southern cook's bag of tricks. This recipe is the best of both worlds!
Ingredients
- ▢ — 2 (9 inch ) pie shells, thawed
- ▢ — 10 cups thinly sliced apples
- ▢ — 2 tbsp. lemon juice (optional)
- ▢ — 1 ½ cups white sugar
- ▢ — 4 Tbsp.all purpose flour
- ▢ — 1 tsp.ground cinnamon
- ▢ — 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
- ▢ — 1 cup chopped pecans
- ▢ — 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup brown sugar
- ▢ — 1 stick margarine or butter
- ▢ — 1 cup raisins (optional)
Instructions
- ▢ — Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- ▢ — Place sliced apples in a large bowl. Sprinkle with juice if you prefer.
- ▢ — In a small bowl, mix together white sugar, 4 tbsp. flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- ▢ — Sprinkle mixture over apples.
- ▢ — Toss until apples are evenly coated.
- ▢ — Stir in pecans (and raisins if desired).
- ▢ — Place thawed pie crusts in 9" x 15" pan that has been sprayed with Pam non-stick spray.
- ▢ — Shape crusts with fingers to fit bottom of pan and a little up the sides.
- ▢ — Spoon apple mixture into crust.
- ▢ — In a small bowl mix together, 1 cup flour, and 1 cup brown sugar.
- ▢ — Cut in butter or margarine until mixture is crumbly.
- ▢ — Sprinkle mixture over apple filling.
- ▢ — Cover loosely with aluminum foil.
- ▢ — Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- ▢ — Remove foil and bake an additional 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
