"Mordechai Housman" > wrote:

>I have been making simple apple pie, and I can't seem to get it the way
>my mother used to make it.
>
>It always comes out to dry. My mother's apple pie used to have some
>delicious liquid with it, and I can't figure out how to do it.
>
>My problem is with the filling. I use:
>
>Two or three fresh apples
>Apple pie filling from a can
>Sugar
>Corn starch.
>
>What might I be doing wrong?

Adding the corn starch. There's starch in the pie filling already,
and the extra starch is soaking up all the liquid. You probably don't
need the extra sugar, either.

If your mom added cornstarch, she was probably using very juicy apples
and no canned filling.

You should really try a pie from scratch if you're already cutting up
apples. It will be much better than one with pie filling.

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Jenn Ridley :