"Plain Jane" Green Apple Pie

Title:
"Plain Jane" Green Apple Pie

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Desserts




Ingredients:




-----------------------------------CRUST-----------------------------------


          Pastry for 9" dbl. crust pie





----------------------------------FILLING----------------------------------


     6 c  Peeled, sliced cooking apple


     1 c  Granulated sugar


   1/3 c  Packed brown sugar


     3 tb All-purpose flour


     1 ts Cinnamon


     3 tb Butter or oleo, softened



--------------------------------DECORATIONS--------------------------------


          Dough scraps from crust


     2 tb Water, divided


     2 dr Red food color


     2 dr Green food color





 CRUST:  Roll and press bottom crust into 9" pie plate. Do not bake. Reserve


 dough scraps.  Heat oven to 425 F.


 


 FILLING: Combine apples, granulated and brn. sugars, flour, cinnamon and


 butter in a lge. bowl.  Toss to coat. Spoon into unbaked pie crust. Moisten


 pastry edge with wate. Roll top crust same as bottom. Lift onto filled pie.


 Trim 1/2" beyond edge of pie plate. Fold top edge under bottom crust and


 flute.


 


 DECORATIONS: Roll out reserved dough; divide in half. Pour 1 tb. water into


 each of 2 cake pans or pie plates. Add red food color to one and green to


 the other. Stir until blended. Dip one half of dough i red mixture and the


 other half in green.


 


 Place each on separate sheets of waxed paper.  Cut out 1" circles with


 floured cutter out of red dough.  Cut leaf shapes out of green dough. Cut


 vent in top crust to resemble trunk and branches of an apple tree. Decorate


 branches with red apple shapes and green leaves.


 


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