Apple Pie - Good Housekeeping

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 pastry for double-crust pie
• 2/3-3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 -2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 6 -7 cups thinly sliced peeled and cored cooking apples (2 pounds)
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• milk

Recipe

• 1 prepare pastry. roll out half of pastry and line 9-inch pie plate.
• 2 in small bowl, combine sugar (amount depends on tartness of apples) and next 5 ingredients.
• 3 place half of thinly sliced apples in piecrust; sprinkle with half of sugar mixture. top with rest of apples, then rest of sugar mixture.(i like to overlap the slices in a circular pattern).
• 4 dot the filling with butter. preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
• 5 roll out remaining paastry for top crust and decorate as desired. be sure to cut vents in crust at a minimum. fold pastry overhang under then bring up over pie plate rim. pinch to form a high edge then make your choice of decorative edge.
• 6 for a golden glaze bush the top crust (but not the edge) lightly with some milk. bake pie for 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is golden.