Recipe Aunt Shirley's Dietetic Pie (Pie)

Required Ingredients:

• 2 (9 inch) pie shell
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 20 packets aspartame sweetener
• 4 apples - peeled, cored and diced
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)

Preparing/Cooking:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring 3/4 cup water to a boil.
• In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 1/4 cup cold water.
• Whisk this mixture into the boiling water.
• Reduce heat and stir until mixture is thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir butter or margarine and aspartame into cornstarch mixture.
• Add cinnamon and nutmeg if desired.
• Mix well.
• Place fruit in a large bowl and pour aspartame mixture over fruit.
• Toss until fruit is thoroughly coated.
• Pour fruit into pastry lined pie pan.
• Cover with second pastry shell.
• Seal edges and cut steam vents in top.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, until crust is golden brown.

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