Apples, Apples Everywhere!

With the start of school every year comes apples. Apple tasting, apple printing, and of course amongst oodles of other things- cooking projects. One of my favorite apple recipes to do with young children is Swedish Apple Pie. What's great about Swedish Apple Pie is that it has very few ingredients and it makes it's own crust!

After using an apple cutter (with students) we provided plastic knives to a small group and instructed students to chop the slices into chunks. We also worked together to measure and mix the crust mixture which a teacher spread on top of the apples.

I do not have a specific recipe that I use each year but this one from All Recipes is what I used last year.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 cup melted butter
• 1 egg

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Toss apples with 1 tablespoon of sugar, and pour them into a pie plate. Thoroughly mix together 1 cup of sugar with the flour, cinnamon, butter, and egg. Spread this evenly over the top of the pie.
3. Bake in preheated oven until the apples have cooked and the topping is golden brown, about 40 to 45 minutes.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/easy-swedish-apple-pie/detail.aspx