Grandma'S Applesauce Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

pastry for double-crust pie (your favorite recipe, or commercially prepared pie dough)
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon mace
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups applesauce

Preparation

Prepare pastry for 2 crust pie shell, using your favorite recipe for pie shells.
Roll out 2 balls of dough until they measure large enough to fit your pie pan.
Line bottom of 8\" pie pan with one of the rolled out pastry pieces.
Set the other rolled-out dough aside for a bit.
Bake the shell for 10 to 15 minutes at 375 degrees; set aside.
In a mixing bowl, combine beaten eggs, applesauce, sugar and seasonings.
Pour mixture into 8\" prepared pie shell.
Add top pastry to pie and seal edges.
With tines of a fork, prick holes on top of pie shell to vent.
Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, then turn oven down to 350 degrees and continue baking 30 more minutes.
Note: If you like a more custard-y pie, try adding 1/2 to 1 cup of milk to the above ingredients before pouring into the pieshell (use a 9\" shell in this case).