Apple Upside-Down Pie

Prep: 25 min.; Bake: 1 hr.; Cool: 1 hr., 10 min.

Yield: Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

• 1  cup  chopped pecans
• 1/2  cup  firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/3  cup  butter, melted
• 1  (15-oz.) package refrigerated piecrusts, divided
• 4  medium-size Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks (about 1 3/4 lb.)
• 2  large Jonagold apples, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks (about 1 1/4 lb.)
• 1/4  cup  granulated sugar
• 2  tablespoons  all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground nutmeg

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375°. Stir together first 3 ingredients, and spread onto bottom of a 9-inch pie plate. Fit 1 piecrust over pecan mixture in pie plate, allowing excess crust to hang over sides.

2. Stir together Granny Smith apples and next 5 ingredients. Spoon mixture into crust, packing tightly and mounding in center. Place remaining piecrust over filling; press both crusts together, fold edges under, and crimp. Place pie on an aluminum foil-lined jelly-roll pan. Cut 4 to 5 slits in top of pie for steam to escape.

3. Bake at 375° on lower oven rack 1 hour to 1 hour and 5 minutes or until juices are thick and bubbly, crust is golden brown, and apples are tender when pierced with a long wooden pick through slits in crust. Shield pie with aluminum foil after 50 minutes, if necessary, to prevent excessive browning. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes. Place a serving plate over top of pie; invert pie onto serving plate. Remove pie plate, and replace any remaining pecans in pie plate on top of pie. Let cool completely (about 1 hour).