Arlene Schultz (may God rest her soul) took care of our kids when they were younger and was an honorary grandmother. She was smart and hard working, and she was the pillar of an extensive family of good-hearted and capable children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. We lost her to cancer several years ago, and her youngest daughter is in that fight today. Surprisingly, Arlene’s mother outlived her.

Anyway, Arlene liked to make a traditional apple pie on a cookie sheet. It had a crust and a bit of glazed frosting. We ended up with several other of Arlene’s recipes, which are posted here. I’m still looking for her Chicken Pie recipe, which we probably have around somewhere.

Ingredients For Crust

• 2 ½ Cups Flour
• 1 Tbs. Sugar
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1 Cup Lard or Crisco
• 2 Egg yolks plus enough milk to make 2/3rds cup
• 2 handfuls of crushed Corn Flakes (spread over bottom of crust)

Ingredients For Filling

• 10 Granny Smith (the green ones) apples
• 1 Cup Sugar and Cinnamon mixture
• Egg whites beaten and brush over top of crust
• Flour

Ingredients For Icing

• ¾ Cup Sifted Powdered Sugar
• 1 Tbs. Milk
• Few drops of Vanilla extract
• Tablespoon Butter
• Coffee can be used to add flavor in addition to or in replacement of milk for added flavor

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.  Baking time is around 45 minutes.

Prepare crust and roll out on flat surface enough to fill bottom of cookie pan.  Add flour or egg/milk mixture to get the desired consistency.  Spread a few handfuls of Corn Flakes on top of the bottom crust.

Peel, Core and slice apples and place in plastic bag with a few tablespoons of flour and shake till well coated.  Place coated apples in crust and pour sugar and cinnamon mixture evenly over the top of the apples.

Lay top crust over the top and form edges of crust.  Spread egg whites over top of crust and bake.