Cook, eat and stay healthy…

For pastry, you need:

• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon salt

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 4 tablespoons ice water

For Filling, you need:

• 6 large, tart apples
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar substitute
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Celsius.

Combine flour and the salt into a bowl. Cut in half the shortening
with two knives or a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse
meal. Cut in the remaining shortening until the size of small peas.
With the help of a fork, stir in just enough ice water to bind the
crumbly mixture together. Dough will ball and follow the fork around
the bowl. Turn the dough out on a floured board and roll out half to
fit a 9-inch pie plate. Put the dough in the plate.
In a bowl, stir the sugar substitute with the two tablespoons of flour,
cinnamon, nutmeg, and one-eighth teaspoon salt, mixing well.
Wash, dry, peel, core, and quarter the apples. Then slice the fruit and
add it to the sugar mixture. Mix well. Transfer the fruit to the
pastry-lined pie plate. Dot the fruit with the two tablespoons of
butter.
Roll out the remaining dough. Slash the pastry to allow the vent. Or,
if you prefer, cut the dough into one-inch strips of pastry and weave
for a lattice top. Either way, place the pastry on top of the pie, and
press firmly around the edge. Bake it for about fifty minutes, or until
the crust is nicely browned and the fruit is tender. Serve warm.
Your sugar free American apple pie is ready. Enjoy eating!