Sugar-free Apple Pie

Heidi Goeman's Note:

This is my favorite apple pie recipe, minus the sugar (For our diabetic friends and family members)

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 16

Yield: 2.0 pies

For Crust

• 1 ¼ cups vegetable shortening
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 6 tablespoons cold water
• 1 tablespoon vinegar

Pie filling

• 10 -12 cups sliced apples
• 1 ½ cups Splenda sugar substitute
• 8 tablespoons flour
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon butter

Directions:

1. Crust:.
2. Cut shortening into flour.
3. Beat egg; add water, vinegar and salt.
4. Combine all together and roll out, makes two double pie crusts.
5. Pie Filling:.
6. Peel and slice apples and put in unbaked pie crust.
7. Cut butter in two or three pieces and put on top of apples.
8. Mix sugar and flour together.
9. sprinkle sugar mixture over apples.
10. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of all.
11. Top with crust.
12. Bake at 400°F ten minutes.
13. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F and continue baking for 40 minutes longer.

Reviews

[spreadnjoy]

I make this pie for my father-in-law, who is diabetic. I make a simpler crust of shortening, salt, flour and water. I also add a bit of nutmeg to the pie filling. It's very tasty, and causes you much less guilt! Yum!

[audreyn]

This pie tastes great! I made it for the diagetics in my family for thanksgiving.