Rolled Oats Apple Pie

ROLLED OATS APPLE PIE

Ingredients

For the Crust:

1  cup quick oats 

2  cups flour
3/4  cup solid vegetable shortening, I use Crisco

1/2  cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/4  cup butter, melted

1/2  teaspoon salt

For the Filling:

1  cup sugar

2  Tablespoons cornstarch

1/2  teaspoon cinnamon

1/2  teaspoon nutmeg

1  cup water

6  cups apples, cored, peeled and sliced 

Instructions

1.  Preheat oven to 300°.

2.  In a large bowl, thoroughly combine all the crust ingredients with your fingertips.

3. Reserve 1 cup for the topping.  Set aside.

4.  Press the remaining crust mixture into a 9 inch pie pan.  Set aside.
5.  Peel, core and slice apples.  Set aside.  
6.  In a 3 quart saucepan, whisk together all of the filling ingredients, except for the apples, and cook over a medium to medium/high heat, while constantly stirring, for 5 minutes.  The syrup should come up to a full boil and thicken during the final 60 - 90 seconds.

7.  Add in the apples, all at once, and cook, over medium/high heat, for 5 minutes more. Stir while cooking.

8.  Pour the cooked apple mixture into the prepared pie shell.

9.  Top with reserved crust mixture.
10.  Bake at 300° for 1 hour.

11.  Serve with your favorite caramel sauce.