Apple Streusel Mince Pie

Ingredients

• 1 9 in. unbaked pastry shell
• 3 all-purpose apples, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup unsifted flour, plus
• 3 tablespoons unsifted flour
• 2 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted

• 1 (32 ounce) jar ready to use mincemeat (Regular or Brandy & Rum)
• 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup cold butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts (I use walnuts)

Directions

1. 1

   In a large bowl, toss apples with 3 Tablespoons flour and the melted margarine; arrange in a pastry shell.

2. 2

   (To save time, you can use a frozen pastry shell, thawed).

3. 3

   Top apples with mincemeat.

4. 4

   In medium bowl, combine remaining 1/2 cup flour, sugar and cinnamon; cut in cold margarine until crumbly.

5. 5

   Add nuts; sprinkle over mincemeat.

6. 6

   Bake in lower half of 425* degree oven 10 minutes.

7. 7

   Reduce oven temperature to 375*; bake 25 minutes longer or until golden brown.

8. 8

   Cool.

9. 9

   Serve with whipping cream.

10. 10

    (Prior to removing your pie from the oven, insert a knife or fork to test the doneness of the apples- I made this pie for Thanksgiving and used 3 different apples, one of them did not cook up as fast as the other two and I had some"crunchy" bites- it was s).