PERFECT APPLE PIE

By rmille6277

Sherry Riggs Bower

Ingredients

• 6 to 8 tart apples, pared, cored and thinly sliced (6 cups)*
• 3/4 to 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Dash of ground nutmeg
• Pastry for 2-crust 9-inch pie
• 2 tablespoons butter

Preparation

Step 1

If apples lack tartness, sprinkle with about 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Combine sugar, flour, spices and dash of 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 400deg for 50 minutes or till done.
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*Or, use 2 (1 pound 4 ounce) cans pie-sliced apples (about 5 cups), drained.