Early American Apple Pie

Ingredients

 * 1 pastry dough, for a 9 inch pie
 * 6-8 Apples, peeled,cored and thinly sliced
 * 1/4 cup Sugar
 * 3/4 cup gingersnap crumbs
 * 1 tablespoon flour
 * 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
 * 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
 * 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
 * 1/4 cup melted butter
 * 1/2 cup pure maple syrup

Directions

 * 1) Preheat oven to 350 °F.
 * 2) Place half the sliced Apples in the pastry shell.
 * 3) In a mixing bowl combine the suar, gingersnap crumbs, flour, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, walnuts and butter
 * 4) Sprinkle half the mixture over the Apples in the pie shell.
 * 5) Layer the remaining Apples over the crumb mixture.
 * 6) Sprinkle with the remaining crumbs.
 * 7) Bake 45 minutes.
 * 8) Heat the maple syrup to boiling and pour evenly over the pie.
 * 9) Bake 15 to 20 minutes.