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Apple Pie #1

Submitted By Anis Dodson Fricks
Ingredients:

Pastry for one 2-crust 9" pie
⅔ to ¾ cup sugar (half brown sugar, if you like)
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp grated lemon peel
1 to 2 tsp lemon juice
6 to 7 cups thinly sliced, peeled and cored cooking
apples (2 pounds)
1 Tbsp butter or margarine

1. Roll out half of pastry and line 9" pie plate.
Preheat oven to 425°F.

2. In small bowl, combine sugar with next five
ingredients. (Amount of sugar depends on tartness
of apples.)

3. Place half of apples in piecrust; sprinkle with half
of sugar mixture. Top with rest of apples, then with
rest of sugar mixture. Dot with butter or margarine.

4. Prepare top crust; make a decorative edge.

5. Bake 40 to 50 minutes until golden. Serve warm or
cold.

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