Recipes out of the Blond Box

The expert recipe of an expert baker, so don’t expect it to be in the traditional cookbook format!

Heap apples high in middle (will shrink)

1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon (mixed into the sugar)
4 to 5 gobs of butter

Over the apples, pour the cinnamon-sugar; then put several gobs of butter in various places on top of the apples and sugar. Cover with top crust; seal.

Bake:
15 min. at 450°
1 hour at 350°

For deep-dish, crumb-topped pie:
½ cup butter – cut into ¾ cup sugar and ½ cup flour
bake at 425° for 30 min.