On Sun, 21 May 2006 16:44:51 +1000, Old Mother Ashby
> wrote:

>When I make apple pie I mix sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and
>plain flour and coat the apple pieces in that. While you're rolling out
>the pastry the liquid from the apples gets inot this. I dot the filling
>with bits of butter before putting the crust on, and that means you end
>up with the apples cooked in a lovely gooey sauce. Never fails.

This sounds exactly how my mother taught me to fix apple pie. It was
never overly sweet either.

the other Christine