Five-Star Apple Pie

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Five-Star Apple Pie

Ingredients
5 cups thinly sliced granny smith apples (, about 4 medium)
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie

Directions
1 Combine apples, brown sugar, water and lemon juice in a pot.
2 Cover and cook over medium heat about five minutes or until the apples are just tender.
3 Mix flour, granulated sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt and stir into apple mixture.
4 Cook, stirring constantly until the syrup thickens- about 2 minutes.
5 Remove from heat and stir vanilla and butter.
6 Heat oven to 425 degrees.
7 Prepare pastry.
8 Turn the apple mixture into the pastry-lined pie pan.
9 Cover with top crust with slits in it; seal and flute.
10 Cover the top of the pie with a 2-3 inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during the last 15 minutes of baking.
11 Bake 40-45 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.