Apple Pie

By SAEB

Ingredients

• • 6 to 7 cups (2 pounds) of thinly sliced, peeled, and cored cooking apples
• • 3/4 cup sugar
• • 2 tablespoons flour
• • 3/4 tablespoon cinnamon
• • 1/4 teaspoon salt
• • 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• • 1 tablespoon margarine
• • Soy or rice milk (for glazing)
• • 2 pie crusts
• • 9" pie pan

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 425°F, in large bowl combine all filling ingredients; mix lightly. Prepare pie pan by placing one crust into the bottom on the pan. Fill pie pan with apples and place pie crust on top. Press edges of crust together and cut 3-4 slits in the top.
Bake in oven at 425°F for 40-45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown.
Serves: 8
20 min to prepare, 40 min to cook.

Directions:
Put bottom crust in bottom of 9 inch pie plate.
In small bowl, combine fructose/sugar and next 4 ingredients.
Place half of thinly sliced apples in piecrust; sprinkle with half of sugar mixture. Top with rest of apples, then rest of sugar mixture.
Dot the filling with margarine. Preheat oven to 425° F.
Roll out remaining crust. Cut out a design using a knife or cookie cutter (i.e. four small leaves). Place crust over pie; trim edges.
Fold pastry overhang under then bring up over pie plate rim. Pinch to form a high edge then make your choice of decorative edge.
For golden glaze, brush the top crust (not the edge) lightly with some soy or rice milk. Bake pie for 40-50 minutes or until crust is golden.