Pineapple-glazed Apple Pie
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Desserts
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Pies & Pastries
Ingredients: 1
can
pineapple juice,
(12 oz.)
3/4
cup
sugar 7
cups
tart apples,
peeled, cored, &
-- cut in wedges 3
tablespoons
cornstarch 1
tablespoon
butter 1/2
teaspoon
vanilla 1/4
teaspoon
salt 1
Baked 9" pastry shell,
cooled
Directions:
In large saucepan combine 1 1/4 cups of the pineapple juice and sugar. Bring mixture to boiling; add apple wedges. Simmer, covered, till apples are tender but not soft, 3 to 4 minutes.
Lift apples from syrup; set aside to drain.
Combine cornstarch and the remaining pineapple juice; add to syrup in saucepan.
Cook and stir till mixture thickens and bubbles; cook 1 minute more. Remove from heat. Stir in butter, vanilla, and salt. Cool 10 minutes without stirring.
Pour half of the syrup into the syrup into the pastry shell; spread to cover bottom.
Arrange apples atop. Spoon remaining syrup over apples.
Cover and refrigerate till chilled.
Before serving, garnish pie with whipped cream and macadamia nuts, if desired.
Possum Kingdom Lake Cookbook
MC Formatted using MC Buster & SNT on 4/10/98
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