Tasty Applesauce Pie

Love this pie! It's just like eating pecan pie without the pecans.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 1 Pie

Ingredients

• 1  unbaked 9-inch pie crust
• 1 1⁄2 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 3⁄4 cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 4  eggs, slightly beaten
• 1⁄4 cup  Crisco, melted
• 3  tablespoons lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon  grated lemon, rind of
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Heat oven to 450.
2. Combine applesauce, brown sugar, eggs, crisco, lemon juice, lemon peel, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon; mix well.
3. Pour filling into pie shell.
4. Bake for 15 mins; reduce heat to 300.
5. Continue baking for 45-55 mins or until knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
6. Coool thoroughly on wire rack before cutting.