Apple Pie FIlling

Ingredients

• 5-7 tart apples

• ¾ to 1 cup sugar

• 2  Tbs. enriched flour

• dash salt

• 1 tsp. cinnamon

• ¼ tsp. nutmeg

• 1 double pie crust

• 2  Tbs. butter or margarine

Preparation

Pare apples and grate or slice thinly.  Mix sugar, flour, salt spices; add to apples.  Fill 9 inch pastry lined pie pan.  Dot with butter.  Adjust top crust.  Bake in hot oven (400°F) 50 minutes.  If apples aren't tart, add 1 Tbs. lemon juice or grated lemon peel if desired.