Apple Pie

Description: This is the apple pie I've been making for years and if using Pillsbury pie crusts (ready-made pie dough in the dairy section) is the perfect pie-making project for kids. Recipe adapted from an old church cookbook.

Ingredients:

• 6 -7 large apples
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• lemon juice
• 1 double-crust pie dough (try Pastry for Double-Crust Pie (Better Homes and Gardens))

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Line pie pan with bottom crust.
3. Peel and slice apples.
4. Put 1/2 of the apple slices in prepared pie pan.
5. Sprinkle apple slices with 1/2 cup sugar, a little nutmeg and cinnamon.
6. Add rest of apples and top with rest of sugar (1/2 cup), a little nutmeg cinnamon, flour and butter or margarine cut into small pieces.
7. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
8. Cover with top crust.
9. Crimp edges together with fork.
10. Sprinkle top with sugar and cut steam vents in top crust.
11. Put pie on baking sheet in case of spill-overs.
12. Bake for 1 hour at 350°F.