Grandma's Applesauce Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• pastry for double-crust pie (your favorite recipe, or commercially prepared pie dough)
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon mace
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups applesauce

Recipe

• 1 prepare pastry for 2 crust pie shell, using your favorite recipe for pie shells.
• 2 roll out 2 balls of dough until they measure large enough to fit your pie pan.
• 3 line bottom of 8" pie pan with one of the rolled out pastry pieces.
• 4 set the other rolled-out dough aside for a bit.
• 5 bake the shell for 10 to 15 minutes at 375 degrees; set aside.
• 6 in a mixing bowl, combine beaten eggs, applesauce, sugar and seasonings.
• 7 pour mixture into 8" prepared pie shell.
• 8 add top pastry to pie and seal edges.
• 9 with tines of a fork, prick holes on top of pie shell to vent.
• 10 bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, then turn oven down to 350 degrees and continue baking 30 more minutes.
• 11 note: if you like a more custard-y pie, try adding 1/2 to 1 cup of milk to the above ingredients before pouring into the pieshell (use a 9" shell in this case).