I much prefer an apple pie made with tart apples than with sweet ones.
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Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- pastry for 2 crust pie
- 6 cups peeled and sliced Granny Smith or other tart apples
- 1 cup packed brown sugar (more or less according to taste)
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon butter
- milk
- sugar
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Put bottom crust in pie pan. Mix all the rest of the ingredients, except the butter, in a bowl. Pour the mixture into crust. Dot with butter. Place on top crust. Flute edges of pie crust. Cut vents in top crust. Using a pastry brush, paint the top crust with milk. Sprinkle sugar. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cover outside edge of crust. Finish baking pie for 25 to 30 more minutes.
