Paper Bag Apple Pie Recipe

Paper Bag Apple Pie

From food_devil 15 years ago

I don't know why baking in a paper bag makes this taste different but this is one of the best apple pie recipes I've ever tried.

6 large baking apple (Jonathan or Rome are my favorites for pie, or Granny Smith) shopping list
1/2 cup sugar (use 3/4 cup if apples are very tart) shopping list
2 T flour shopping list
1 T lemon juice shopping list
1 tsp cinnamon shopping list
1 9" or 10" unbaked pie crust shopping list
topping: shopping list
1/2 cup sugar shopping list
1/2 cup flour shopping list
1/2 cup butter shopping list

Preheat oven to 425 f.
Peel, core and slice the apples. Sprinkle with lemon juice and toss with 1/2 c sugar, 2 T flour and cinnamon.
Pile into piecrust.
MIx Flour and sugar for topping and cut in butter using a pastry blender, two knives or your fingers until crumbly.
Pile evenly on top of apples.
The original recipe call for placing the pie in a plain (no print) brown paper grocery bag, rolling the edge a few times and securing with a paper clip and placing on a cookie sheet to bake.
Some people have concerns about that; toxic glue, recycled paper containing contaminants, etc so a safe alternative is to use baking parchment:
Take two large pieces and place crossways to each other on a cookie sheet.
Place pie in center and bring ends of paper together over pie, fold down (not too close to pie- give it some breathing room) and secure with paper clip.
Prepare the pie whichever way you feel comfortable with and place in preheated oven. Bake 55 minutes then uncover and bake another 5 minutes or until brown.
(The paper may char a bit around the edges but that's ok. I once caught the bag on fire when I was baking it in a very old gas oven, the kind you had to light each time and fire would flare up out of the vent in the bottom once in while. I put it out right away and the pie still turned out great!)

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food_devil 14 years ago
I think you are probably right pointseven out. This is a pretty old recipe so a paper bag might have been all that was commonly available at the time to use for the purpose (at least in my rural area)- or it could have just been the novelty of the idea.
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pointsevenout 14 years ago
Apparently the brown paper bag doesn't matter a hoot because using parchment paper brings the same result.

I submit it is the steam in the enclosure that makes the taste difference. Maybe a roast or turkey baking bag would fit the task also.
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sunshine1 14 years ago
Oh my goodness! I have NEVER heard of this, but I love apple pie and I will try this out! Thanks for the great recipe
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" It was excellent "
greekgirrrl ate it and said...
This is definitely unusual and worth a try! saved!
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" It was excellent "
rosemaryblue ate it and said...
Years ago, I made an apple pie in a "brown paper sack", and it truly was delicious!

I have had concerns about the safety of the modern day sacks, and have not made it again.

However, the parchment paper is an excellent idea. Wonderful recipe!
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This is definitely unusual and worth a try! saved!

greekgirrrl in Long Island loved it
Years ago, I made an apple pie in a "brown paper sack", and it truly was delicious!

I have had concerns about the safety of the modern day sacks, and have not made it again.

However, the parchment paper is an excellent idea...more

rosemaryblue in CollegeTown loved it