1/4 c Butter,softened
1/2 c Pecan halves
1/2 c Brown sugar
1 x Pastry for a 2 – crust,
1 x 9″ pie
6 c Apples,peeled,cored & sliced
1 tb Lemon juice
1/2 c Sugar
1 tb Flour
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Ground nutmeg
Spread butter evenly on the bottom and sides of a 9″ pie plate. Press
nuts,round side down,into butter on bottom of plate.Pat brown sugar
evenly over nuts. Roll out pastry for bottom crust;place in pie plate
over sugar. Sprinkle apples with lemon juice. Combine
flour,cinnamon,nutmeg and a dash of salt.Toss with apples. Turn into
pie plate;spread evenly to keep top level. Roll out remaining
pastry;adjust over apples and seal.
Prick top with fork. Bake @ 400 degrees for 50 minutes. Remove from
oven;cool 5 minutes.Place serving plate on top of pie and
invert.carefully remove pie plate. Serve warm or cool.
Yields
8 Servings