Deep-dish Apple Pie
1 recipe Calumet Pie Crust ([page 30])
4 to 6 apples, thinly sliced
1 cup sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon butter
Line sides only of deep baking dish with a strip of pastry rolled ¼ inch thick, adjusting it so that pastry comes within ½ inch of bottom and extends over rim of dish as for pie. Fill with apples. Combine sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and sprinkle over apples. Add water and dot with butter. Roll remaining pastry ¼ inch thick; cut several slits to allow escape of steam, and place over filled dish. Press edges together. Bake in hot oven (450°F.) 15 minutes; then decrease heat to moderate (350°F.) and bake 45 minutes longer, or until apples are tender. Serves 8.