Ingredients

  • 1/4 c. butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 c. pecan halves (I chopped mine)
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • plain pastry for 2 crust 9-inch pie
  • 5 large apples, sliced
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. flour
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Method

  • Spread butter on bottom and sides of pie pan.
  • Press nuts around side and bottom.
  • Pat brown sugar over nuts.
  • Roll pastry and place over nuts
  • (to keep mix of sugar and butter from caramel state).
  • Drizzle Karo or honey before the crust goes on.
  • Mix remaining ingredients.
  • Turn into pie plate.
  • Roll out top pastry; adjust over apples.
  • Seal; prick top of pie with fork. Bake for 20 minutes at 400°, then 30 minutes at 350°.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Cool 5 minutes.
  • Place serving plate; invert (and hope) that pie comes out of pie pan.