Apple Zapple Pie

From Best Recipes from New England Inns

Pies and Pastries Recipes

Yield: Serves 8

Granny Smiths are the apple; applejack brandy, the zapple. Serve with hard sauce, ice cream, heavy cream, or cheddar cheese. --Sugar Hill Inn, Franconia, New Hampshire

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Dash of nutmeg
• Dash of salt
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup applejack brandy or bourbon
• 6 to 7 Granny Smith apples
• Pastry for 2-crust 9-inch pie
• 2 to 4 tablespoons butter
• Sugar

Combine sugars, flour, spices, salt, molasses, and applejack together. Pare and core apples, slice thin, then add sugar mixture, stirring well. Fill bottom crust with apple mixture, dot with butter, and cover with top crust. Vent the top, sprinkle with sugar to sparkle, and bake in 400 degrees F oven for 50 minutes or until done.

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