Apple Tart

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Ingredients

• 4 medium apples (Northern Spy or Cortland) quartered, cored, peeled
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• Dash salt
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon heavy cream
• Pam
• Pie Crust (See Recipe)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Make Pie Dough. See Recipe. Form into ball, wrap in saran wrap, and place in refrigerator while making filling.
3. Slice apples into 1/4 inch slices, placing them into a large bowl and sprinkling occasionally with lemon juice unitl you have used both teaspoons of juice.
4. In a small bowl, mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt
5. Roll out dough to form one crust. See pie crust recipe for tips.
6. Spray 9-inch pie pan with Pam, lay crust in pan, letting sides hang over

7. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture onto the crust.
8. Mix the remaining sugar mixture with the apples
9. Arrange the apple slices in the pan so that hey are fairly flat.
10. Gently press apples down to condense, but not so hard that they break through the dough
11. Dot the top with butter, breaking it up into about 9 pieces.
12. Press the overhanging sides of the dough against the apple
13. Brush the exposed dough with the cream.
14. Cover the remaining exposed apples with tin foil
15. Bake for 50 minutes or until nicely browned.

Serves 6

Ginny's Recipe