Apple Praline Pie Recipe

Here is one of the best recipes for apple praline pie that you'll ever find. It's a wonderful pie that is oh so delicious and yummy. It's also easy to make and any average cook should be able to produce this oh so wonderful pie.

1 package refrigerated piecrusts -- (15-ounce)

6 Granny Smith apples -- peeled, cored, and -- sliced

1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

1/3 cup plus 3 tablespoons light corn syrup -- divided

1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter -- melted and divided

3 tablespoons sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour -- divided

1 teaspoon apple pie spice

1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

1/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Fit 1 piecrust into a 9-inch pieplate according to package directions. Arrange apple slices in piecrust, and sprinkle with lemon rind. Set aside.

Combine1/3 cup corn syrup, 2 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and apple pie spice. Pour over apple slices. Combine remaining 3 tablespoons corn syrup, remaining 3 tablespoons butter, remaining 2 tablespoons flour, brown sugar, and pecans. Spoon 1/3 cup mixture over apple slices. Unfold remaining piecrust. Cut 2 to 3 desired shapes from center, using a cookie cutter. Reserve cutouts.

Place piecrust over filling.

Fold edges under, and crimp. Brush cutouts with water, and attach to top of pie. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 425ø for 25 minutes; remove from oven, and dollop with remaining brown sugar mixture. Reduce heat to 350 degrees, and bake 10 more minutes. Cool completely. Makes 1 (9-inch) pie.

Oven Apple Butter

Apple Butter, It's a thick, sweet spread made by cooking apples, sugar, spices, and sometimes apple cider. Southerner's like me slather apple butter on toast, pancakes, and hot biscuits.

How long you cook it is important. When done, the brown mixture should cling to the spoon, although this can really depend on how juicy your apples are.

My Grandmother Hattie used to make apple butter every year from green apples that grew in our back pasture. But if you have them you can make apple butter from Granny Smith Apples and the apple butter you make will be delicious.

Oven Apple Butter

1. Eight Granny Smith Apples Peeled, Cored And Diced.

2. One Cup Apple Juice.

3. One Cup White Granulated Sugar

4. One Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon.

Cook the apples and juice in a oven safe dish with a lid for thirty minutes at 350 degrees or until the apples are tender. Now stir until the apples are mashed. Stir in your sugar, and cinnamon.

Bake at 275 degrees for about three hours stirring often. Then cover and chill and you'll have some of the best apple butter you'll ever taste. You can of course increase the recipe if you wish. And you really can use any type of apples you want to.

Once you have your fresh apple butter made store it in the refrigerator until you use it up. Try it on pancakes for a tasty treat.