Old Fashioned Apple Crescent
- Title
- Old Fashioned Apple Crescent
- Subject
- sugar
- cornstarch
- cinnamon
- apples
- lemon juice
- pastry
- margarine
- Description
- Here's what's cookin' Old Fashioned Apple Crescent Serves
Recipe from the kitchen of Mary Quantrell
3/4 C. sugar 6 apples (pared
1 T bsp. cornstarch cored & sliced)
1 tsp cinnamon 2 recipes double
crust pastry
Mix together first 3 ingredients.
Toss with apples & lemon juice. Roll dough
1/8" thick & cut into 12 - 7" circles. Place 1/2
cup filling on half of each circle. Fold
dough over filling to form crescent, seal
edges with fork. Cut slits in top.
Back:
Bake on cookie sheet at 425°F. for 20
min.
When cool, wrap crescents individually
and freeze. Makes 12.
For 1 - 9" pie: Use only 1 recipe double
crust pastry; dot filling with 1 Tbsp.
margarine & bake 50 min at 425°F.
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# Old Fashioned Apple Crescent
*Recipe from the kitchen of Mary Quantrell*
*Makes 12*
## Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 6 apples, pared, cored & sliced
- Lemon juice
- 2 recipes double crust pastry
## Instructions
1. Mix together the first 3 ingredients (sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon).
2. Toss with apples and lemon juice.
3. Roll dough 1/8" thick and cut into 12 circles, each 7" in diameter.
4. Place 1/2 cup filling on half of each circle.
5. Fold dough over filling to form a crescent shape.
6. Seal edges with a fork.
7. Cut slits in top.
8. Bake on a cookie sheet at 425°F for 20 minutes.
9. When cool, wrap crescents individually and freeze.
### Alternate Method: 1 — 9" Pie
1. Use only 1 recipe double crust pastry.
2. Dot filling with 1 Tbsp margarine.
3. Bake 50 minutes at 425°F. - Source
- RCA0007 - Vintage Handwritten Recipe Card Collection w/ Metal Recipe Box 60+ Recipes (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Contributor
- Mary Quantrell
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Handwritten on printed card
- Identifier
- RCA0007-20260618-0025
- Coverage
- Idaho, US
Dublin Core
Tags
Citation
“Old Fashioned Apple Crescent,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed June 21, 2026, https://www.recipecardarchive.com/items/show/1787.