Early American Apple Pie

== Ingredients ==
* 1 pastry dough, for a 9 inch pie
* 6 – 8 apples, peeled,cored and thinly sliced
* ¼ cup sugar
* ¾ cup gingersnap crumbs
* 1 tablespoon flour
* ½ teaspoon cinnamon
* ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
* ¼ teaspoon salt
* ½ cup chopped walnuts
* ¼ cup melted butter
* ½ cup pure maple syrup 
== Directions ==
# Preheat oven to 350°F.
# Place half the sliced apples in the pastry shell.
# In a mixing bowl combine the sugar, gingersnap crumbs, flour, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, walnuts and butter.
# Sprinkle half the mixture over the apples in the pie shell.
# Layer the remaining apples over the crumb mixture.
# Sprinkle with the remaining crumbs.
# Bake 45 minutes.
# Heat the maple syrup to boiling and pour evenly over the pie.
# Bake 15 to 20 minutes.
Category:Pie Recipes