No Grief Paper Bag Apple Pie

This is a delicious pie that comes out with perfectly tender fruit, a crust that is not burnt and best of all, your oven stays clean! Try this method with other pie recipes too! I got this from an old church cookbook and had no idea there was anything wrong with newer paper bags, as the person thankfully posted in her review of this recipe. I had no idea that there were toxins in paper bags. I do not want to be responsible for anyone getting ill! Please only use caution!

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 (9 inch)  unbaked pie shells (check my recipes for Most Incredible No Fail Pie Crust)
• 1  large  brown paper bag

• Filling

• 6  cups  peeled coarsely sliced or chopped tart apples
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2  tablespoons flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice

• Topping

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1⁄2 cup  packed brown sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Filling: Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and turn them into the unbaked pie shell.
3. Prepare Topping: Combine flour and sugar and cut in butter until you have pea sized crumbs.
4. Sprinkle topping evenly over the apples and pat down around the edges.
5. Carefully slide the pie into the brown bag and fold the end under the pie plate.
6. Place on a cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 50 minutes.
8. Remove from oven and then remove pie from when cool enough to handle.
9. No burnt crust, no under baked apples and no juices spilling over into your oven!