Taken from my “Favorite Desserts” folder!
Servings 8
Instructions:
1/4 cup butter softened
2/3 cup pecan halves
2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 prepared double pie crust (you will need 2 crusts)
6 cups cooking apples, peeled and sliced (about 1-1/2 pounds)
juice of 1 whole lemon
1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions:———————————————
- Spoon butter in bottom of a 9-inch pie plate.
- Arrange pecan halves around bottom of pan.
- Sprinkle 2/3 cup brown sugar over pecans.
- Press one of the prepared pie crusts into bottom and along sides of the pan over the pecans and sugar then trim off excess pastry.
- In a bowl toss the sliced apples with lemon juice.
- Combine 1/3 cup brown sugar and remaining ingredients; toss gently then mix in with the apples.
- Spoon the apple mixture evenly over the crust in the pie pan.
- Top with remaining pie pastry then fold edges over and flute.
- Prick the crust a few times with a fork.
- Bake in a preheated 450 degrees F for 10 minutes.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking for another 30-40 minutes.
- Cool 5 minutes, then turn the pie upside down on a pie plate.



