Sugar Free Apple Pie

My mother in law is a diabetic and I'm always looking for some sort of dessert to make for her. I normally get her a sugar free apple pie from Wal-Mart, but I figured why not make one from scratch. This wasn't hard and she really likes it!

No Sugar Apple Pie:

Adapted from Allrecipes

2 (9 inch) pie shell - recipe below

3 Tbsp. cornstarch

1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon

1 (12 fl oz) can unsweetened apple juice concentrate, thawed

6 cups sliced green apples (I used granny smith)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch, cinnamon and 1/3 cup of the apple juice concentrate. Set aside.

In a large saucepan, simmer apples with remaining apple juice concentrate until apples are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in cornstarch mixture and continue to simmer until thickened. Remove from heat. - I did add about 3 packets of Equal to sweeten it a bit

Spoon apple mixture into pastry-lined pie plate. Cover with top crust. Seal and flute edges. Cut steam vents in top.

Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.

Basic Flaky Pie Crust: (makes 1 crust - double ingredients for double crust)

From Allrecipes

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup shortening, chilled

3 Tbsp. ice water

Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium sized bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle 2 to 3 Tbsp. ice water over flour. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.

Gently gather dough particles together to form a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling.

Roll out dough and put in pie plate.