Pastry for 2 crust pie or 2 pcs stick pie crust mix
6 to 7 pared and cored apples
6 tbsp brown sugar
6 tbsp while sugar
2 tso cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp lemon rind
3 tbsp butter
1. Preheat oven to 425F. Prepare pastry and line a 9" pie plate with bottom crust, covering the rim of the plate.
2. Thinly slice apples into the pie shell heaping them in the center, sprinkle with a mixture of sugar, cinnamon, salt. Dot with butter and sprinkle with lemon rind. Moisten pastry edge with water.
3. Lay top crust over filling, press top crust all around the edge with a fork to crimp and seal. Make slits on top crust to let stream. Brush top with or beaten egg yolks.
4. Bake 20 minutes at 425F. Reduce heat to 350F and bake 30 minutes more or until crust.is nicely browned. Served warm.
Variation: For tastier apple pie crust
Substitute 1 tbsp lemon juice for 1 tbsp water when preparing pastry 1/2 tsp nutmeg may be used instead of cinnamon with the filling.
