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

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.