Lone Star Apple Pie

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1 Unbaked Pastry Shell
Pastry Strips for Lattice Top

1 cup Sugar
1 cup Unsweetened Pineapple Juice
8 medium Tart Apples (Peeled and Quartered)

1 teaspoon Cornstarch
2 teaspoons Cold Water

2 or 3 drops Red Food Coloring
1/8 teaspoon Vanilla
1 tablespoon Butter

➔Prepare pastry shell and strips. Bring sugar and pineapple juice to boil. Add apples. Cook slowly, uncovered, until apples are tender. Move apples enough to keep covered with syrup. Lift apples out carefully; cool. Mix cornstarch with cold water; add to syrup. Cook until thick. Add red coloring to cornstarch mixture. Stir well; add salt, vanilla and butter. Pour over apples which have been placed in prepared pie shell. Top with latticed pastry strips. Bake (400F) for 10 minutes, (350F) for 20 minutes. Yeild 9-inch Pie.

Mrs. R.Y. Smith, Sunny Gardens, Electra, Texas - A Taste of Texas ©1968