"Jke" > wrote in message
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> "Mordechai Housman" > schreef in bericht
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>>I have been making simple apple pie, and I can't seem to get it the
>>way my mother used to make it.
>>
>> It always comes out to dry. My mother's apple pie used to have some
>> delicious liquid with it, and I can't figure out how to do it.
>>
>> My problem is with the filling. I use:
>>
>> Two or three fresh apples
>> Apple pie filling from a can
>> Sugar
>> Corn starch.
>>
>> What might I be doing wrong?
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>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Mordechai Housman
> I'd experiment with using less corn starch. I never use it in my apple
> pie, which is filled with fresh apples, sugar, cinnamon and sometims
> lemon zest or raisins.

I don't think my mother used corn starch either. Now that I think of it,
I can't see it's purpose, if I use sugar.

And come to think of THAT, I can't recall whether my other used sugar!