Topsy turvy apple pie
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | Butter,softened |
| ½ | cup | Pecan halves |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar |
| 1 | x | Pastry for a 2 - crust, |
| 1 | x | 9\" pie |
| 6 | cups | Apples,peeled,cored & sliced |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lemon juice |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
Directions
Spread butter evenly on the bottom and sides of a 9" pie plate. Press nuts,round side down,into butter on bottom of plate.Pat brown sugar evenly over nuts. Roll out pastry for bottom crust;place in pie plate over sugar. Sprinkle apples with lemon juice. Combine flour,cinnamon,nutmeg and a dash of salt.Toss with apples. Turn into pie plate;spread evenly to keep top level. Roll out remaining pastry;adjust over apples and seal.
Prick top with fork. Bake @ 400 degrees for 50 minutes. Remove from oven;cool 5 minutes.Place serving plate on top of pie and invert.carefully remove pie plate. Serve warm or cool.