Recipe: Perfect Apple-Pie in a Bag

Apple-Pie in a Bag. This Apple Pie is amazing.. and the paper bag really works!! I made several of these last year with the apples from our apple trees. This is my husband's favorite pie.

Make the Filling: In a medium bowl, toss the apple slices, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice. Bake a pie. in a bag! Dreckman and her daughter manage to bake a pie, in a paper bag, without starting a fire :-). You can have Apple-Pie in a Bag using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Apple-Pie in a Bag

1. It's 5 of each Granny. Smith. Apple.
2. You need 2 tbsp of cornstarch.
3. It's 1/2 cup of Sugar.
4. You need 1 tsp of Fresh lemo/n juice.
5. It's 1 tsp of Pure vanilla extract.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Ground. cinnamon.
7. You need 1 dash of salt.
8. You need 1 dash of ground nutmeg.
9. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of cold unsalted butter, cut into piece.

Place pie in a brown paper grocery bag. Still, this old-fashioned, brown paper bag method is still employed by America's most famous paper bag apple pie bakers. The bakers at The Elegant Farmer in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, have been featured on none other than Bobby Flay's Throwdown. Fill pie shell with apple mixture, piling them high in center.

Apple-Pie in a Bag step by step

1. Make the filling in a medium bowl, toss the apples slices, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together..
2. Transfer to the pie shell and I put the butter..
3. Brush the overhanging edge of the dough with water or egg wash.
4. Carefully cover with the rolled-out top crust and pinch the edges together, turning them under all around to make a thick edge ..
5. To decorate the rim, press it all around with the back of a fork, or just pinch it to seal. With a scissors, cut a few V-vents in the center..
6. Slide the pie into the brown paper bag fold a top down. Staple. bag shut and bake for 1 hour @ 375°F.
7. Remove the pie from the oven and cut out a large cicrle. in top of the bag. Return to the oven and bake until the crust is golden brown..
8. Let the pie cool at least 30 minutes before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature..

Place pie in jelly-roll pan or on. Baking your apple pie in a bag means that your apple filling is always always always perfectly tender. It also ensures that your crust is extra special flaky even without blind-baking the bottom crust. One of the best things about this time of year are the fresh apples. Through the years I have preserved apple pie filling many ways.