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.