Irish Apple Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    PASTRY
    2 cups plain hot mashed potatoes
    1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
    1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
    1/8 teaspoon ginger
    1 tablespoon brown sugar
    1/4 cup all-purpose flour
    FOR THE FILLING
    4 cups thinly sliced apples
    2 tablespoons brown sugar
    FOR THE TOP
    1 teaspoon melted butter or 1 teaspoon margarine
    1 teaspoon granulated sugar
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 375 F.
    Combine potato, butter, cinnamon, ginger and brown sugar.
    Mix well.
    Blend in flour.
    Reserve 3/4 cup for top of the pie.
    On a sheet of waxed paper or better still parchment paper, pat the remaining dough into a circle slightly larger than a 9-inch pie plate.
    Place a well-greased pie plate over dough.
    Lift and invert the dough into the pan.
    Remove waxed paper.
    Arrange apple slices of potato mixture.
    Sprinkle with 2 Tbsp.
    brown sugar.
    Pat remaining 3/4 cup of potato mixture onto a 9-inch circle of waxed paper.
    Invert over filled pie.
    Peel off paper, crimp and seal edges of dough around pie.
    Cut a vent in the centre of the pie.
    Bake 45 to 50 minutes.
    Brush top with 1 tsp.
    melted butter and sprinkle with granulated sugar a few minutes before removing from oven.
    Serve hot with whipped cream.
    Serves 6.
    One Potato Two Potato.

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