Name: 1930's Ageless Apple Nut Pie
Ingredients: 1 cup refrigerated or homemade pie crust (1/2 package); 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 5 cup coarsely chopped walnuts; 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened; 4 to 5 granny smith apples, peeled cored and thinly sliced; juice from half a lemon, optional; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

1930's Ageless Apple Nut Pie

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Old fashioned apple pie recipes are a classic dessert that is great at any holiday party. 1930's Ageless Apple Nut Pie is a sweet and delicious vintage recipe that only uses a few ingredients. Easy to make and budget friendly, it's a pie that you can afford to make that your taste buds will love. Treat your family to a enuring historic recipe that will never grow old. Enjoy with some vanilla ice cream and enjoy every last bite.

Ingredients

1 cup refrigerated or homemade pie crust (1/2 package)
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
5 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 to 5 granny smith apples, peeled cored and thinly sliced
juice from half a lemon, optional
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Fill pie crust into a 9-inch pie pan or plate.
Prick with fork and crimp edges.
Bake about 10 minuites or until golden brown. Let it completely cool.
In a large bowl, beat 1 cup of the brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, and the flour, butter and walnuts together until crumbly, set aside.
Arrange half of the apple slices in crust. Pour in lemon juice.
Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup of brown sugar on top.
Add remaining appleslices and top with crumb mixture.
Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F and bake for 1 hour or until brown.

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Edmund K

May 31, 2017

This is a really great vintage recipe. It doesn't use the shortcuts or substitutions I normally associate with Depression-era recipes, and it's a nice straightforward apple pie recipe. I love the addition of walnuts, and some might want to add a handful of raisins to the filling. I'd definitely serve this with some vanilla ice cream.

Ruthep

Apr 20, 2017

I have heard this called apple streusel pie or Dutch apple pie, but never old-fashioned apple pie. I prefer my apple pie made with two crusts instead of a streusel topping. That and the amount of walnuts called for here seems rather excessive. I know it is apple nut pie, but it still seems to be a lot.

dearcat

Apr 14, 2014

I am from that era and this is not a depression anything. I make an old fashioned apple pie and no nuts.

cken

Sep 02, 2013

Why are questions never answered on this site????

Festie1

Nov 12, 2013

Because there is no email notification if a question has been answered.

ejtite 0088688

Aug 16, 2013

cook 3382597 I sure like nuts but not this many, sounds like a nut pie to me. LOL

reeniee 0669324

Jun 03, 2013

If this is truly an Apple Nut Pie from the depression era I might add two cups of walnuts but certainly not five cups. That's not only expensive, but way too many nuts.

ksquawd

Jun 03, 2013

even 2 cups of any nut is way too much for any pie

Crafter 20139

Jun 03, 2013

How can this be a 1930's vintage recipe when there was no such thing as premade pie crust? Also, 5 cups of walnuts is waaay too many, more like 1/4 or 1/3 would be sufficient.

ksquawd

Jun 03, 2013

no way is it a 1930 pie I lived then. than and it was a rare treat for any pie and no way would we have used 5 cups .!!!

arlene42 1418475

Nov 16, 2012

1/2 cup walnuts would be plenty for this pie.

snperch

Nov 12, 2012

I'll bet it was supposed to be .5 C or 1/2 C walnuts.

Chef 19243

Nov 12, 2012

5 cups of walnuts is still "budget friendly"?