Apple Pie Filling

Ruth Ann Harrison

5 to 7 tart apples
3/4 - 1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour
dash of flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 recipe for plain pastry (pie crust)

Pare apples and slice thin.  Mix sugar, flour, salt and spices, add to apples.  Fill 9" pastry lined pie pan.  Dot with butter.  Adjust top crust. Bake in hot oven 400° for 50 minutes.

Note:
If apples aren't tart add 1 Tbsp lemon juice (if desired)