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

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