Apple Pecan Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/2 c. pecan halves
1/2 c. brown sugar
pie crust
5 large apples
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Preparation

In a 9-inch pie pan, spread butter on bottom and sides.
Press pecan halves, rounded sides down, into butter.
Put brown sugar evenly over pecans.
Roll out enough pastry for lower crust. Place in pie plate over brown sugar and pecans.
Pare and slice apples.
Sprinkle apples with lemon juice. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and dash of salt; toss with apples.
Put apples in pie pan.
Roll out top crust and put over pie.
Pinch edges. Prick top of pie with fork.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 50 minutes.
Remove from oven.
Cool 5 minutes; invert and remove pie pan carefully. Serve warm or cool.