Apple pie, sauce?

Question

My grandmother used to serve this clear sweet sauce drizzled over apple pie. It was delicious and I have tried to find this recipe but I'm stumped. Its not corn syrup. Help...

Answer 1

Hi,

Apple Crunch Pie with Vanilla Sauce:
1 - 9 inch pie

Prep time 15 Min
Cook time 50 Min
Ready in 1 Hr 5 Min

INGREDIENTS
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 cups Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced
1 cup HERSHEY®'S Cinnamon Chips
3 tablespoons butter

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup HERSHEY®'S Cinnamon Chips

2 eggs
1 cup half-and-half cream
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.)
In a large bowl, Mix together 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Stir in sliced apples until coated with sugar mixture. Stir in 1 cup cinnamon chips. Pour filling into pie crust, and dot with 3 tablespoons butter. Sprinkle with streusel topping.
To make streusel topping: In a medium bowl, mix together 3/4 cup flour and 3/4 cup brown sugar. Cut in 6 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in remaining 2/3 cup cinnamon chips.
Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking for 35 to 40 minutes, or until filling is bubbling and streusel is golden brown. Allow to cool for at least 1 hour.
While the pie is cooling, prepare the vanilla sauce. In the top of a double boiler over medium heat, whisk together eggs, half-and-half and 1/2 cup sugar. Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce has thickened. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla. Spoon sauce (warm or cooled) over slices of pie.

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Answer 2

Okay my mom made apple dumplings with a sweet syrup. It would work with apple pie. I am printing the whole recipe. You could just use the syrup if you want.

Apple Dumplings (Moms)

Syrup
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
¼ tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. nutmeg

Filling
¼ cup butter
6 apples

Dough
2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
¾ cup shortening
½ cup milk

Make syrup of sugar, water, cinnamon, and nutmeg; add butter.

Pare and core apples; cut in slices. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder; cut in shortening. Add milk all at once and stir until moistened. Roll ¼ inch thick; cut in 5 inch squares (about). Put some apple slices on each square; sprinkle generously with additional sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg; dot with butter; fold corners to center; pinch edges together. Place 1 inch apart on greased baking pan.

Pour over syrup. Bake in moderate oven at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. Makes 6 dumplings.

Answer 3

1 tsp Cornstarch
1 1/2 cups water,
cinnamon and sugar to taste
bring to a boil until sugar dissolves, make sure to stir constantly to avoid burning

Answer 4

Could it have been a mixture of a bit of butter, sugar and cinnamon ?