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#10098
PERFECT APPLE PIE
Ingredients
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6 cups (about 6 to 8) tart apples, pared, cored and thinly sliced
3/4 to 1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
dash ground nutmeg
pastry for 2-crust 9-inch pie
2 tablespoons butter
Procedure
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Preheat oven to 400:F. Prepare pastry for pie crust. If apples lack
tartness, sprinkle with about 1 Tbsp lemon juice. Combine sugar,
flour, spices, and dash salt; mix with apples. Line 9-inch pie plate
with pastry. Fill with apple mixture; dot with butter. Adjust top
crust, cutting slits for escape of steam; seal. Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 400:F for 50 minutes or till done.
For an Apple Crumb Pie:
Prepare as above, except substitute single-crust pastry recipe for
double-crust pastry recipe. Stir together 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
and 1/2 cup packed brown sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in 3
Tbsp butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over
apple mixture.
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