42 Quick & Easy Fall Dinners

Fantastic recipe! I made a few tweaks based on ingredients in my pantry...1/2 hamburger 1/2 mild Italian sausage, fire-roasted diced tomatoes, diced sweet peppers. Positive reviews at dinner table.

I made this with a different recipe a couple years ago, loved it...and lost the recipe. So this recipe replaced the old one, and I think it's better than the old one! I made everything as is (yes, I sprayed the pie plate.) After my first piece I decided it would be best to decrease the cinnamon, but after the pie sat longer and everything melded more the amount of cinnamon was actually perfect. I do want to use sweeter apples next time. Maybe a Sugar Bee or Pink Lady. I don't remember what kind I used--something from Costco. One thing I love about this recipe is it doesn't get soggy when it sits; it just improves. The crust stays crisp. I also noticed that someone in the comments said it works good with blueberries, so I also made a Swedish blueberry pie. Cooked it alongside the apple. Used a good amount of fresh blueberries (NOT frozen), maybe 12-15 oz., 3 to 4 Tablespoons of sugar sprinkled on, just like with the apple, and it turned out to be my favorite of the pies. It didn't ooze like blueberry pie always does for me. One thing I noticed is that the apple pie never came close to boiling over the edges of my standard-size pie plate, but if you do blueberry, I recommend going deep dish and leaving a good centimeter or two of dish edge above the side of the pie.

I'm 57 and my grandma used to make these for us since I can remember. So glad to see someone sharing it. :)