NEW MEXICAN GREEN CHILE APPLE PIE - August 14 (For your birthday Dorothy!)

Ingredients:

Apple Mix
4 large granny smith green apples, peeled, cored, cut into nice even slices
1 C sugar
3 Tbl flour
3 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 C roasted green chile, mild to medium
1 Tbl lemon juice
2 Tbl butter, melted

- Preheat oven to 425*
- In a large bowl mix all the ingredients, except butter, until the apples are well coated and set aside.
- Prepare your own pie crust or buy a store bought 'to be baked' pie crust dough. 
- Spray a pie pan with non stick cooking spray, and place uncooked pie dough crust on bottom of pie pan.
- Spoon apple mixture into the pan, forming a mound in the center.  Place top crust over the pan, pressing the edges.  Cut a few small air vents in the top crust.
- Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with some cinnamon.
- Bake for 15 minutes, then drop the oven to 400* and bake an additional hour.

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