Blue Ribbon Cheddar Apple Pie

Source: Vermont Apple Marketing Board

Pastry for two-crust 9-inch pie. When making crust include a cup of extra-sharp finely grated cheddar cheese before adding water to the dough.

2/3-cup sugar
2 Tbls. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup Vermont cheddar cheese
6 or 7 Cortland or Northern Spy apples,
peeled, cored & thinly sliced

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line pie plate with half the pastry. Combine sugar, flour, and spices and toss with apples and cheese. Spoon into pie shell, piling apples high in the center. Top with remaining crust. Slit decoratively for steam vents. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake another 40 to 45 minutes until crust lightly browns.