Apple-Cheese Pie

Name: Apple-Cheese Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 5 c. sliced peeled tart apples (about 2 lbs.); Pastry for 2-Crust Pie; 2 tblsp. flour; ¾ c. sugar; 2 tsp. lemon juice; ½ tsp. grated lemon peel; 1 tblsp. butter or margarine; ¼ tsp. nutmeg; ½ tsp. cinnamon; ⅛ tsp. salt; Cream to brush top; 4 thin slices sharp process cheese (¼ lb.)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

Cheese bakes in pie and unites with apples in this tasty dessert

Ingredients

Pastry for 2-Crust Pie
5 c. sliced peeled tart apples (about 2 lbs.)

Americas
United States
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Combine apples, sliced ¼" thick, with lemon peel and juice.
Combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Sprinkle 2 tblsp. mixture over bottom of pastry-lined 8" pie pan.
Toss apples in remainder of sugar mixture. Turn into pie shell. Dot with butter. Lay slices of cheese over apples, leaving space for steam to escape. Adjust top crust; flute edges,