Ingredients

  • 7 to 8 tart apples, sliced thin
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon or nutmeg
  • 2 Tbsp. margarine
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 2 Tbsp. flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. liquid sweetener
  • 1 unbaked pastry shell

Method

  • The unbaked pastry may be used as a lower crust to hold the apple or as a crust to cover them.
  • If it is used as a lower crust, aluminum foil may be used to cover the open pie while baking so that the juice will be retained.
  • Place sliced apples in pie tin lined with pastry or in a greased pie tin.
  • Blend together flour, cinnamon and salt mixture with melted margarine.
  • Add sweetener and lemon juice.
  • Spread over apples.
  • Cover with aluminum foil or pastry.
  • Bake 45 minutes at 425°.