Mom's Apple Pie
Author: Merry Citarella
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 8 to 10
- 2 pastry crusts
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup flour
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 8-10 Granny Smith apples, for 8 cups, peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Heat oven to 425ºF.
- Prepare two pie crusts, lining a pie pan with one, saving the other.
- Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in large bowl.
- Stir in sliced apples.
- Dot bottom of pie crust with butter.
- Pour apple mixture into the unbaked pie crust.
- Dot with butter.
- Place top pastry over filling, then trim edges 1 inch from rim of plate.
- Fold top edge under lower edge, pressing on rim to seal, then sprinkle the top crust lightly with sugar..
- Pierce top pastry in several places.
- Cover the edges of the crust with a strip of aluminum foil.
- Bake 30 minutes, then remove foil for last 15 minutes.
- Bake an additional 15 to 25 minutes, until crust is brown.
- Serve hot or cold with ice cream or whip cream if you like.
Recipe by JAQUO Lifestyle Magazine at https://jaquo.com/moms-apple-pie/
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