This Drive In was from the Fort Worth Area. This recipe appeared in the Fort Worth Star Telegram a few years back.
Jerry’s Drive-Inn’s French Apple Pie
Enjoy Apple pie just like Jerry's Drive-Inn makes.
Print Pin RatePrep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 432kcal
Ingredients
- 2 unbaked pie shells
- 20 ounces apples packed in water
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
- 2/3 cup Sugar
- 1/3 cup Flour
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/3 cup butter cut into 4 or 5 pieces
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 tablespoon Heavy Cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 8 pecan halves
Instructions
- Place one pie shell in 9-inch pie plate. Pour apples and their juice into the shell. Sprinkle with the lemon juice. Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon and distribute evenly over apples. Place butter pats randomly over apple filling. Top with second piecrust. Bake in 350-degree oven for about 45 minutes, or until pie is golden.
- About 5 or 10 minutes before pie is done, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Off the heat, whisk in vanilla and heavy cream and sift in the powdered sugar until mixture reaches thickness of cream gravy. As soon as pie is removed from oven, slather with the sugar icing. Mark off 8 servings with the pecan halves.
Nutrition
Calories: 432kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 256mg | Potassium: 103mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 6.6% | Vitamin C: 1.2% | Calcium: 1.6% | Iron: 8.5%
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Amethyst says
October 24, 2017 at 4:31 amCan you use canned apple pie filling in this
Ken Bowen says
July 27, 2017 at 4:30 pmIs this the same Jerry’s Apple pie that had a little plate lunch place on N. Main back in the 70’s? I ate a lot of his pie, which his wife actually made, and it was covered in a sugar glaze, she used comstock apples, made the crust off the recipe on the crisco can.
MsSagittarius says
January 1, 2014 at 9:54 amThe recipe calls for canned apples, but you’re using fresh apples. Are three apples equivalent to the 10 – 20 oz can?
Stephanie says
January 1, 2014 at 12:51 pmYou can use about 5 to 6 medium sized apples in its place.
VanTexas says
September 10, 2010 at 6:29 pmCannot find canned apples packed in water.
Have you tried Comstock’s brand? Comstock Water Packed Apples ?
Robin says
November 22, 2013 at 11:11 pmI have made this many times. I just used peeled granny smith apples. It’s a hit!
Stephanie says
November 23, 2013 at 6:08 amGood to know Robin. Thank you for your suggestion.