Ingredients
3/4 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup of flour
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
7 medium apples (Granny Smith or Honey Crisp)
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
3 tablespoons of butter, cubed
2 pie crusts (homemade or store bought)
Egg wash for brushing crust
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg together. Place apples (sliced) in a large mixing bowl and toss with dry ingredients. Press pie crust into a 9 inch pie pan and fill with apple mixture. Drizzle lemon juice over apples and sprinkle butter cubes on top. Lattice the top crust or leave as a whole and place over entire pie. Make a slit if this option is used for pie to vent. Press edges to seal. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes and let cool.
Erika Spaulding is the staff photographer for Missoula Valley Lifestyle magazine and a devoted veterinary technician who probably needed to fend off several curious snouts to make this pie.