Traditional Apple Pie
For the comfort of traditional apple pie, try this recipe. The cinnamon, nutmeg and apple flavors create a perfect harmony that will taste just like mom's home baking.
Ingredients
- 6 large apples or 7 medium apples or 8 small apples (Granny Smith for
- a tart pie; MacIntosh, Rome, Cortlandt, for sweet)
- 6 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (more or less to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (more or less to taste)
- 2 tablespoon flour
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice (or orange juice)
- 2 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Put your bottom crust into an 8 or 9 inch pie plate.
- Peel, core and slice (1/8 - 1/4 inch thick) apples into large bowl.
- In a small bowl combine sugar, spices and flour. Sprinkle over apple slices.
- Gently stir the apple slices until all are coated with the sugar mixture and juice starts to form.
- Gently stir in the lemon juice (this keeps the apples from turning brown and adds tartness).
- Arrange apple slices in pie pan and dot with butter.
- Cover with top crust, seal edges and cut slits in the top (a big letter A for apple or your favorite letter or a >><< design, etc)
- Bake at 425 degrees F for 10 minutes to help the crust turn golden and then bake at a lower temperature until the apples are soft when tested with a fork through the slits on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 60 minutes.