Apple Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. thin apple slices
3/4 to 1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 recipe plain pastry
4 Tbsp. butter or margarine

Preparation

Line 10-inch pie pan with plain pastry.
Peel, core and slice about 1 1/2 pounds of apples.
This should make 1 quart of apple slices.
Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon.
Cover bottom of crust with thin layer of sugar mixture.
Fill crust with apple slices and pour rest of sugar mixture over apples.
Dot with butter.
(If apples are not tart, sprinkle juice of half a lemon over pie before adding top crust.)
Adjust top crust and prick with a fork.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 50 minutes.