Deep Dish Apple Pie

By auntdotie

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour*
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 12 cups thinly sliced pared apples
• (about 10 medium)
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• Pastry for 9-inch one crust pie

Preparation

Step 1

Stir together sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt; mix with apples. Turn into ungreased square pan, 9x9x2inches; dot with butter.

Heat oven to 425. Prepare pastry as directed except –roll into 10-inch square. Fold pastry in half; cut slits near the center. Unfold over fruit in pan; fold edges under just inside edge of pan.

Bake 1 hour or until juices begins to bubble through slits in crust. Best served warm.

*If using self-rising flour, omit salt.

No apples? Substitute 3 cans (1pound 4 ounces each) apple slices, drained, for the fresh apples; use half the amount of sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Bake 45 minutes.