18 lg Macintosh apples*
6 tb Butter
3 c Sugar
3 3/4 ts Nutmeg
1/8 ts Ginger
1/8 ts Nutmeg
FOR 1 PIE
1 Container apples
2 tb Flour
2 tb Butter
1 Unbaked 9 inch pie shell
*Peeled, sliced 1/2 inch thick
Melt butter in heavy pot and add apples and all remaining ingredients.
Partially cook fruit over very low heat for 15 minutes, stirring now
and then with wooden spoon. Coool and dvide filling into 3 freezer
containers. Freeze until needed. To make one pie: Remove filling from
one container and defrost. Spoon pie filling into pie shell. Sprinkle
with flour and dot with butter. Cover with remaining pie dough and
crimp edges togehter. Slash top in several places to allow steam to
escape, Bake in a 450 oven for 15 minutes. Lower heat and bake 30
minutes longer or until crust is nicely browned.
Yields
3 Pies