dessert

Homecoming Apple Pie

Name: Homecoming Apple Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 pre-made pie crust; 6 apples, peeled and sliced; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 2 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp lemon juice

This apple pie represents the nostalgia and longing for the familiar comforts of home that Frankie and her fellow veterans experience upon their return.

Prep: 15 minutesCook: 25 minutesServes 8 servingsEasy

Ingredients

1 pre-made pie crust
6 apples, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
2
Place pie crust in a 9-inch pie pan.
3
Toss apples with sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice.
4
Pour apples into crust and dot with butter.
5
Cover with second crust and seal edges; cut slits for steam.