Pie Crust Pastry
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
dash of salt
6 cups sliced pared apples (6 medium)
2 tablespoons brandy
2 tablespoons butter

Heat oven to 425°F. Prepare pie crust pastry. Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt with apples. Add brandy and stir. Turn into pastry-lined pie plate; dot with butter. Cover with top crust and seal edges. Cut three 3" slits in top crust and coat lightly with cream or half & half and sprinkle sugar (raw sugar preferred) generously over top. Bake until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust, 40 to 50 minutes. Makes 1 pie.