Topsy-Turvy Apple Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 (9 inch) pie shell
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup pecan halves
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 5 large apples - peeled, cored and sliced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch salt
Directions
step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
step 2: Spread butter or margarine evenly on bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Press pecans, rounded side down, into butter layer. Pat brown sugar evenly over nuts, then lay one pastry shell over brown sugar layer.
step 3: Place apples in a large bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice.
step 4: In a small bowl combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Mix well. Toss mixture with apples, coating thoroughly.
step 5: Spread apples into pie plate. Cover apples with second pastry shell. Crimp edges of pastry and make steam vents in top.
step 6: Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes. Cool 5 minutes then place serving plate over top of pie; invert pie onto plate. Carefully remove pie pan. Serve warm or cool.
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