Quick Apple Pie

Ingredients:

4 large or 6 small Bramley cooking apples
3tbsp white sugar
30g (1oz) butter
1tbsp ground cinnamon
1 packet of short crust pastry

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 230°C/450°F/gas 8.
2. Roll out the pastry and draw round a 9in pan with a knife, removing the excess.
3. Do this twice.
4. Line the pan with one layer of pastry.
5. Remove the skins and the cores from the apples and slice thinly.
6. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. (More sugar can be used if necessary)
7. Arrange the apple slices in layers in the pastry lined pan.
8. Sprinkle each layer with sugar and cinnamon.
9. Place small pieces of butter all over the top layer.
10. Cover with the other pastry crust.
11. Place on the lowest rack in the preheated oven.
12. Bake for 10 mins.
13. Reduce oven temperature to 175°C/350°F/gas mark 4 and bake for 30-35 mins.
14. Serve warm or cold.