Nanny Pat’s Special Apple Pie
This apple pie is an old family recipe and always very popular, especially for those who prefer a crustless pie!
Nanny Pat’s Special Apple Pie! Let me introduce to you Nanny Pat! This is a great pie to make for Thanksgiving or Christmas time. It’s always so popular.
She’s got a great story about her apple pie so take it away Nanny Pat!
I have been making this pie forever it seems. We lived in a place, when we were first married that had Apple Orchards everywhere, and was easy to get great apples at their farmstands, making applesauce, cakes, pies, muffins, etc., was great with such fresh fruit.
My crazy family doesn’t like crusts on the bottom of pies, even when it is homemade, which it almost always is, so there is never anything left on their plates with this dessert.
When we lived on a Lake, my BF for 65 yrs, myself and our daughter, rode on horseback to an abandoned farm that had very old apple trees, but the fruit was so wonderful, so the 3 of us packed our backpacks and filled them to overflowing with apples, and then we finished our ride, which was hard on the apples, being tossed about on our backs. When we got home, we dumped them out, and yes, you can imagine, we had quite bruised apples.
So, I got out the pie plates and we made 6-8 of these pies. Thank goodness I had 2 ovens and, with the 3 of us working, we had a jolly good time. With the other apples we had a pot of applesauce cooking. I thought, I would never want to see an apple again.
My BF was going to a function the next day, and she was asked to bring dessert, so I copied the recipes off, and with the 3 pies, there was none left, but everyone wanted the recipe.
The ingredients are always on hand, even now, so it makes for a real easy dessert so please enjoy my ‘Nanny Pat’s Special Apple Pie’
Recipe by Pat Milton
Nanny Apple Picking!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 – 40 minutes
Yield: 4 – 6 Persons
What you need: 9 inch pie plate (oven proof)
Ingredients
10 small, 8 medium or 6 huge Apples
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Teaspoon cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 cups or 125 g All Purpose / Plain flour
1 1/2 stick / 6 oz or 170 g butter
1 cup or 200 g regular sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup or 55 g chopped nuts – walnuts or pecans
Instructions
1. Set oven to 350 F, Gas 4, 180 C
2. Grease your pie dish.
3. Peel and slice the apples (enough to fill plate 3/4 full).
4. Mix 1 Tbsp sugar & 1 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl, and sprinkle over the apples.
5. In a saucepan, melt the butter then take off heat.
6. Combine flour, salt and Sugar in a bowl, then add 1 egg, and the melted butter.
7. Add chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans).
8. Spread batter evenly over the apples.
9. Bake 30-40 minutes or until golden. Set on a rack (if you can, as I usually have someone cutting into it while piping hot, and not set up.
My Dad always had a wedge of cheddar cheese with it. Hubby likes it hot with vanilla Ice cream, and some like it with whipped cream, or plain. You should smell the kitchen…Yum…Yum…
So easy, and is a Keeper, now for over 51 years…
Hope you will try my pie and enjoy. My hubby loves nuts in everything.. but some may not, so adapt it…
Bon Appetit….Love, Nanny
We’d love to hear from you and what you thought of Nanny’s Special Apple Pie recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other goodies? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!
Delicious Recipes Using Apples
Here's a lovely selection of recipes using apples.
Apple Frangipane. This is a really nice coffee time cake to make. Goes great with a nice cup of tea! Or you can have as a dessert, warm or cold with a squirt of whipped cream or like me, a blob of vanilla ice cream! It's really yummy! Delicious!
Apple Fritters. Yum! Slices of apple in a crispy light batter then coated in cinnamon sugar. Served warm with a drizzle of syrup, honey or a blob of ice cream.. makes for a perfect dessert! Quick and easy recipe too!
Apple and Cranberry Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Bars. An incredibly easy recipe with fantastic flavors!
Dutch Apple Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce, this is a delicious dessert, wonderful served warm. Lovely chunks of apple, laced with cinnamon and then served with a drizzle of warm butterscotch sauce.
Dutch Apple Pie! Loaded with apples, raisins, cinnamon and the most delicious pastry I've ever eaten! Be sure to have a lovely cup of coffee to go with a slice of pie in true Dutch tradition!
Delicious Apple Crumble Bars. These are absolutely out of this world! Chunks of apple filling on a lovely shortbread base and topped off with a delicious crumble. Really easy recipe too!
Mini Caramel Apple Pastries. Delightful mini pastries filled with caramel and apples and oh so easy to make!
Mom's Homemade Apple Pie. A wonderful old family recipe, simple ingredients, easy to make and delicious every time! Perfect for a regular family dessert, or to take to pot lucks, Thanksgiving, or anytime!
Amazing Toffee Apple Cake, a delicious cake recipe made from scratch bursting with the flavors of Fall. Perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas too!
Delicious Apple and Custard Strudel, serve warm on their own or add a blob of whipped cream!
Nanny Pat's Special Apple Pie
This apple pie is an old family recipe and always very popular, especially for those who prefer a crustless pie!
Simple Cranberry and Apple Sauce
A very easy recipe and goes great with a turkey dinner! Use as a sauce or marinade, add in wraps, salads, the possibilities are endless. Make ahead, freezer friendly and make great gifts in little jars too! Thanksgiving and Christmas Collection
Nanny Pat’s Special Apple Pie
Nanny Pat's Special Apple Pie. This apple pie is an old family recipe and always very popular, especially for those who prefer a crustless pie!
Ingredients
- 10 small or 8 medium or 6 huge Apples
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1 Teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cups or 125 g All Purpose / Plain flour
- 1 1/2 oz stick / 6 or 170 g butter
- 1 cup or 200 g regular sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup or 55 g chopped nuts - walnuts or pecans
Instructions
- Set oven to 350 F, Gas 4, 180 C. Grease your pie dish.
- Peel and slice the apples (enough to fill plate 3/4 full). Mix 1 Tbsp sugar & 1 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl, and sprinkle over the apples...
- In a saucepan, melt the butter then take off heat. Mix flour, salt and Sugar in a bowl, then add 1 egg, and the melted butter.
- Add chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans).Spread batter evenly over the apples.
- Bake 30-40 minutes or until golden. Set on a rack (if you can, as I usually have someone cutting into it while piping hot, and not set up.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 650Total Fat: 145gSaturated Fat: 89gTrans Fat: 6gUnsaturated Fat: 46gCholesterol: 397mgSodium: 1520mgCarbohydrates: 79gFiber: 6gSugar: 55gProtein: 7g
Bobbie
I just made this and the batter seemed to oily, I made another batch of batter still same, put in oven 40mins did not make a crust or topping just a wet mess on top of all those apples….was there something missing in this recipe?
Disappointed but will to try it again if there was an error in the recipe
Lovefoodies
Hi Bobbie, thanks for writing in and sorry to hear the batter hasn’t worked out how it should do.
I can think of a few things which may be the cause;
I’m wondering, did you add the butter at step 6?
Was your oven at the correct temperature and is it correctly calibrated (is the thermometer correct and working properly)
Did you preheat the oven first, and then pop the pie in?
The batter certainly shouldn’t be oily, but more cake like just like in the photos.
I’m wondering if you felt it was oily because it wasn’t cooked through? Sometimes it can take on an oily appearance until the batter is cooked and set (a bit like a cake). If so, perhaps it needs to stay in the oven a bit longer, hence my question about if you preheated your oven or if the thermostat is not accurate?
I hope some of these questions can help solve the problem for you.
It is a really lovely recipe and very popular too, so I do hope you can get a chance to try it once more and hopefully everything will be perfect!
Kelley
Could I double all of the ingredients and make it in a 9×13 inch baking dish? This recipe sounds amazingly delicious.
Lovefoodies
Hi Kelley, yes of course. The bake time should be roughly the same. Enjoy!
Teresa
I try this recipe today. Is the batter a cake like batter or runny. Mine came out runny. Does the crust rise to the top. Mine did not . it was mushy in the center and it still took me 90 minutes to bake.came out more like a bread pudding.?
Lovefoodies
Oh my Teresa! It sounds like you e had a hard time with the recipe. The batter should be thick, like cake batter and rise a little on top when baked. I’m wondering if you added the flour because that is the only reason I can think of why it would be so runny?
Dotti Collins
I make the same pie, the only difference is I layer mine & double the crust recipe. I use a 9×13 pan. We call it Swedish Apple Pie.