SoCal Apple Country and 29 years ago! / by George Geary

Twenty-nine years ago tomorrow (October 6th), I received a call from Joe Crea, the Food Editor at the time of the OC Register Newspaper. It was my first story with the newspaper since losing my job at Disneyland. He wanted to do a story about my tours of Oak Glen, CA, the Apple country, and a recipe for my apple pie with crust. Also, to include a picture. (This is before digital). He needed it the next day. I ran to the produce department of my local grocery store and, donned an apron, had the produce guy (who I didn’t know) snap one picture in the deli area (not sure why there). I ran to the 1-hr photo and hoped the picture turned out. Here it is:

Here is the story and recipes for the Spice Apple Pie and Crust. I even, 29 years later, taught it in North Dakota last week. OC Register Story Link

APPLE SPICE CRUST AND PIE