Miss Hattie's Apple Pie

ingredients

• servings: 1
• 2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts
• 12 unpeeled granny smith apples, cored and quartered
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons melted butter

recipe

preparation time: 45 mins cook time: 1 hr

ready time: 2 hrs


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c.)
• shred the apples into a large bowl. stir in sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. mix well and place in bottom crust. dot the top with 3 tablespoons butter.
• on a cutting board, place rolled out (or packaged) pie crust. with a leaf or apple cookie cutter, cut shapes from the pie crust. position the cutouts all over the top of the pie, leaving small spaces between cutouts for the vent holes.
• bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. remove pie from oven and brush with 3 tablespoons melted butter. return to oven and bake an additional 15 minutes, or until golden brown. place a piece of aluminum foil under the pan in case it boils over.