Hamilton Deep Dish Apple Pie

Submitted by our Reader’s Kitchen Week Two Winner, Kathi Hamilton.

Ingredients:

• 6 large apples or 1 can of apple pie filling
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Ingredients for Topping:

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 stick margarine softened
• 1/2 c nuts (optional)

Directions:

1. If using fresh apples, peel and slice them and place in the bottom of deep buttered pan. Sprinkle with 2/3 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Mix well, to coat apples. If using apple pie filling, place in a deep buttered pan.
2. Mix Topping ingredients together in a seperate bowl.
3. Sprinkle over apples and bake 45 mins to 1 hour at 350.