Favorite apple pie
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| Pastry for 2 crust pie | ||
| 6 | larges | Tart apples |
| 2 | tablespoons | Flour |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar, firmly packed |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Ground ginger |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lemon juice |
| 3 | tablespoons | Butter or regular margarine |
Directions
Peel and quarter apples into saucepan (cut each quarter into about 4 slices). Add ¼ cup cold water; simmer until tender, about 5 minutes. Cool. Fill pastry lined 9" pie pan with apples. Combine remaining ingredients except butter; sprinkle over apples; dot with butter. Moisten edges of under crust. Adjust top crust; cut 6 vents (cut like chevrons- 1 in each piece; flute edges. Bake in very hot oven (450F) 10 minutes; reduce heat to moderate (350 F) and bake 45 minutes longer. Makes 6 servings. Variation: Caramel Apple Pie: Cover bottom pastry with ¼ cup melted butter or regular margarine; spread evenly with ½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed, then sprinkle with ½ cup pecans. Follow above recipe, using only ¼ cup brown sugar.
This makes a luscious caramelized pie. From: Farm Journal's Country Cookbook Shared By: Pat Stockett Submitted By PAT STOCKETT On 10-26-94