Tree-Ripened Apple Pie

Name: Tree-Ripened Apple Pie
Yield: Makes 2 pies
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: grated peel (zest) of 1 lemon; 2 cups sifted self-rising flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 10–12 crisp, fresh apples, peeled and sliced; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; ½ cup water (divided); ½ cup vegetable shortening (I use Crisco); 2 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 1½ tablespoons cornstarch; ⅓ cup warm water

Preparation info

Makes
2 pies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way

By Sallie Ann Robinson

Published 2003

About

Ingredients

The Filling

10–12 crisp, fresh apples, peeled and sliced
½ cup water (divided)
2 cups

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegan
Baking
Pie

Method

Place the apples in a pot with about ½ cup water, just enough to wet the bottom of the pot, since the apples have lots of water anyway. Add the sugar, cinnamon, allspice, and lemon peel (be sure to grate just the zest, or yellow skin). Boil 5 minutes. Mix the cornstarch with