The next recipe I am making from my recipe box collection is Apple Pudding Pie. It hails from a Syndicate Manufacturing Company box that has bright blue and yellow flowers with accents of green.  This particular recipe was cut out of a newspaper and glued onto an index card. Unfortunately, there is no indication of what newspaper it was or the date.  I am guessing it is possibly from the early 1960s due to other items in the recipe box.

Though the recipe calls this dish a pie there is no crust: pastry or otherwise.  It basically is sort of a cake baked in a pie pan. Actually while making it I was surprised how little batter there actually was to hold together the apples and nuts.  I was quite skeptical of what I was getting myself into but was pleasantly surprised with the end result.

On the card was the serving suggestion of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. It is also hinted that a lemon sauce would be quite good.  I did make a lemon sauce that you can sort of seeing in the pictures.  It was a quick one from the 1950s Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook but any lemon sauce would do if you want to try it.

What I Liked:
The recipe was easy and I had everything on hand. I love recipes like that. The smell of cinnamon co-mingling with baking apples while it was baking was AMAZING. Day two of the pie was much better than the first.

What I Did Not Like:
The recipe called for cutting the pie into wedges which were hard to make clean slices. The reason for this was the number of nuts that were used was a little too much. Also, the nuts overwhelmed the main flavor of the pie which was apples.

What I Would Change:
Don’t get me wrong I would eat this again without any changes but I think a few tweaks would make it perfect. First I would definitely cut the nuts in half next time or maybe try it without entirely. Also adding in some ground nutmeg or ginger might be really good. Oh, and brown sugar might be delicious instead of the regular old sugar.

So I have posted below the recipe if you would like to try it as well. Let me know what you think and what you possibly might change.