Apple Pie
If you're looking for a great sugar-free apple pie, here it is. Great texture and flavor, plus a 28% calorie reduction from a traditional recipe.
Recipe Ingredients:
Pastry for double-crust 9-inch pie
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup Equal® Spoonful*
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 cups peeled, cored, sliced Granny Smith or other baking apples (about 8 medium)
Cooking Directions:
- Roll 1/2 the pastry on floured surface into circle 1-inch larger than inverted 9-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into plate.
- Combine cornstarch, Equal®, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Sprinkle over apples in large bowl and toss to coat. Arrange apples in pie crust.
- Roll remaining pastry into circle large enough to fit top of pie. Place over apples. Seal edges, trim and flute. Cut a few slits in top of pastry to allow steam to escape. Bake in preheated 400°F oven 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is golden and apples are tender.
- Cool on wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Makes 8 servings.
*May substitute 24 packets Equal sweetener
Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/8 of pie): calories 253, protein 2 g, carbohydrate 42 g, fat 10 g, cholesterol 10 mg, sodium 224 mg.
Food Exchanges: 1 fruit, 1 1/2 starch, 2 fat.
Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®.