Tasty Applesauce Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/4 cup crisco, melted
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 450.
• 2 combine applesauce, brown sugar, eggs, crisco, lemon juice, lemon peel, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon; mix well.
• 3 pour filling into pie shell.
• 4 bake for 15 mins; reduce heat to 300.
• 5 continue baking for 45-55 mins or until knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• 6 coool thoroughly on wire rack before cutting.