On Sat 22 Jan 2005 05:18:35p, Margaret Suran called across the abyss...

> A friend sent me this recipe. She said that it is a very good recipe
> and that I should not be afraid to put the paper bag into the oven.
>
>
> Fairmont, San Jose 4th Annual Apple Pie Competition
> November 2004
> #1 Prize Winner: Patricia Nunes of San Jose
>
>
> Brown Bag Apple Pie Recipe
>
>
> Ingredients:
>
> 6 Large Newton Pippin Apples
> 1/2 Cup of Sugar
> 2 Tablespoons of Flour
> 1/2 Teaspoon of Nutmeg
> 2 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice
>
> Pare, core and slice the apples. Combine sugar, flour and nutmeg.
> Sprinkle over apples then toss to coat thoroughly. Spoon into unbaked
> pie shell (9 inch.). Drizzle with lemon juice and cover with topping.
>
> Topping:
>
> 1/2 Cup of Sugar
> 1/2 Cup of Flour
> 1/2 Cup of Butter
>
> Combine sugar and flour, cut in batter, make it coarse. Sprinkle over
> the apples to cover completely. Slide the pie into a large brown paper
> bag. Fold ends and fasten (staples are the best). Bake at 450 degrees
> for one hour. When baked tear bag away and cool the pie on the rack.
>

Oh, Margaret, that's a wonderful pie! I was given virtually the same
recipe by the mother of a friend of mine back in 1962, and I've been baking
it ever since. The only difference is that the topping calls for brown
sugar.

If I hadn't just baked a cake this afternoon, I'd bake one.

BTW, the bag definitely will not burn. It will get a little "crisp" and
somewhat fragile, but no burning, I assure you.

Oh, one more thing, the time and temp in my recipe is a little
different...1 to 1-1/4 hours at 400 degrees F.

Cheers!
Wayne