Marie's Diabetic Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 lbs apples (ida red or jonathan red, or any good pie apple)
• 2 refrigerated pie crusts
• 3 cups unsweetened apple juice
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar substitute
• 1/4 cup 1% low-fat milk (for brushing)

Recipe

• 1 peel and slice apples.
• 2 dust apples with the splenda and the cinnamon, set aside.
• 3 line a greased, 9 inch deep dish pie plate with one of the pie crusts.
• 4 in a saucepan, melt 1/2 stick margarine, add flour to make a roux.
• 5 add apple juice.
• 6 cook, stirring constantly until smooth and thickened like a custard.
• 7 set roux aside to cool for 10 minutes.
• 8 arrange apple slices in the pie crust, heaped in the middle.
• 9 dot the apples with the remaining margarine.
• 10 spread the warm roux over the apples.
• 11 cover with the 2nd pie crust, vent the crust and brush with skimmed milk.
• 12 bake at 375°f/190°c for 50-60 minutes until golden brown.