Filling for 3 pies:
18 lg Macintosh apples, peeled,
Sliced 1/2 inch thick
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
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.
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Yields
3 Pies