Ingredients:

• 1        Pastry for 9"-10" flan pan
• 6        Apples; Golden Delicious;-large
• 1    tb Lemon juice
• 1/4 c  Sugar; granulated
• 1/2 c  Raisins; optional
• 1    ts Butter; melted
• 1/2 c  Jam; apricot
• Whipped cream - optional

Direction:

   Roll pastry  out and fit into flan pan. Peel and core apples, cut into
   slices about 1/4" thick, you should have about 6 cups. Toss with lemon
   juice and sugar. Arrange apple slices; slightly overlapping in circles on
   pastry; make 2 or 3 layers. Scatter raisins over top if desired. Drizzle
   with melted butter. Place on bottom rack of 400F oven and bake for 35
   minutes or till golden brown. If apples start too brown too much, cover
   loosely with foil. In small, saucepan, heat apricot jam till melted, spoon
   evenly over apples. Bake for about 5 minutes. lonfer or till apples are
   glazed. Let cool to room temperature. Serve with whipped cream if desired.