Paper Bag Apple Pie
Paper bag apple pie is a yummy apple pie with a pastry AND streusel crust~baked to perfection in a brown paper bag.
My cousin Angela in Nashville shared this recipe with me years ago, and it has been my favorite apple pie ever since. I’ve never made it that it hasn’t turned out perfectly baked and absolutely yummy.
Traditional apple pie often turns out with an unevenly baked crust. This paper bag apple pie is different. The bottom crust is pastry (store bought) and the top crust is streusel. Baking the pie in a sealed paper bag protects the crust from burning and yields a perfect crust every time.
Paper Bag Apple Pie
Yield:
10
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
1 hour
Total Time:
1 hour 20 minutes
Apple pie with a crumbly streusel topping bakes to perfection in a grocery bag~thus the name "paper bag apple pie!"
Ingredients
- APPLE PIE
- 2 1/2 pounds apples (Granny Smith work best)
- 1 pie crust (I use Pillsbury refrigerated)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 TB flour
- 2 TB lemon juice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- STREUSEL TOPPING
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 stick butter, cut into tiny pieces
Instructions
FOR PIE
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Unroll pie crust; place in bottom of deep dish pie pan.
- Peel, core, and dice apples into bite size pieces; toss with lemon juice.
- Mix sugar, flour & cinnamon until blended.
- Toss apples with sugar, flour & cinnamon mixture.
- Place apples in pie pan.
FOR STREUSEL
- Mix sugar & flour until blended well.
- Add butter pieces; cut with fork or pastry blender until crumbly.
- Sprinkle on top of apples in pie pan.
- Place pie inside a brown grocery bag; roll up and seal edges.
- Bake at 425 degrees for one hour.
Nutrition Information
Yield 10 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 355Total Fat 15gSaturated Fat 8gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 24mgSodium 172mgCarbohydrates 55gNet Carbohydrates 0gFiber 4gSugar 34gSugar Alcohols 0gProtein 2g
(Photo~King Arthur Flour.)
Hi Betsy! I am SO happy that you loved the pie; it is my favorite!!!! I’m sure your homemade crust made it even better than mine:-) XoXoXo
Fabulous! Took to a friend’s house for dinner and it was well received. Made my crust using Martha Stewart’s recipe. Couldn’t have been an better.