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Upside-down Pecan-apple Pie Recipe


Upside-Down Pecan-Apple Pie Recipe Mellian / All my dishes
2 years, 2 months ago
Very different type of apple pie. It is served upside down. I used a lot more spices than the recipe calls for. Delicious!
Prep:30m Cook:50m Servings:8

Mellian

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Ingredients
  • 6 peeled, sliced golden Delicious apples (about 21/2 cups) (use a couple of Granny Smith instead of all Golden Delicious)
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup pecan halves
  • 1 cup packed light-brown sugar, divided
  • 1 box refrigerated ready-to-use pie crust for double-crust pie
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions
  1. Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
  2. Toss together apple slices and lemon juice in large bowl until
  3. slices are well coated.
  4. Spread butter along sides and bottom of 9-inch glass pie plate.
  5. Arrange pecans in bottom of pie plate in a decorative design. Press
  6. pecans into butter to hold in place.
  7. Sprinkle 2/3 cup brown sugar evenly over pecans. Cover the sugar
  8. and pecans with 1 of the pie crusts, gently pushing the crust over
  9. the sides and bottom of pie plate, being careful not to move pecans
  10. and not tear crust.
  11. Mix remaining 1/3 brown sugar, the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and
  12. salt in small bowl. Add to apples; toss to mix.
  13. Mound apple slices in pie crust. Top with second pie crust. Crimp
  14. edges together; flute. Prick crust in several places with fork to let
  15. steam escape. Place pie plate on large baking pan or jelly-roll pan.
  16. Bake in 450 degrees F. oven for 10 minutes. Reduce oven
  17. temperature to 350 degrees F.
  18. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender when pierced
  19. with fork and crust is golden. Let pie rest 10 minutes or until sugar
  20. stops bubbling around edge.
  21. Loosen edge of pie from pie plate and invert serving plate over pie; carefully invert both pie plate
  22. and serving plate together; carefully remove pie plate.
  23. Serve pie warm with vanilla or butter-pecan ice cream if desired.
  24. Makes 8 servings.
  25. Per serving: 485 calories; 23.6 g fat (7.2 g saturated fat; 44
  26. percent calories from fat); 68 g carbohydrates; 10 mg cholesterol;
  27. 317 mg sodium; 2.1 g protein; 3.2 g fiber.
  28. Mel's note: I use much more spices than what is called for in the recipe.
  29. Cinnamon
  30. nutmeg
  31. Ginger
  32. Allspice

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