Here is Great Grandma's recipe for apple pie. She used a 9 inch pie crust or pastry shell.

 

6-8 apples, peeled, cored, sliced 

 

Then mix together:

 

1 cup sugar (if the apples are sweeter than tart, you can use 3/4 cup)

2 TBSP flour

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp grated lemon peel (I sometimes just use a tsp of lemon juice)

pinch of ground cloves

pinch salt

 

Toss apples in the mixture & put in pie pan.

 

Then mix together:

 

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup sugar

pinch salt

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

1/4 cup (half stick) melted butter

 

This will create the crumbly topping you'll put over the apples. Top with upper crust, pinching it to seal with the bottom crust, & cut a few slits in the top.

 

Bake for 35-40 minutes at 400 degrees, making sure the edges don't get too brown (you can put a little foil over the crust edges if desired, but not required).