Apple Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
-
CRUST
- 2 1⁄2 cups white flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup cold butter, broken into small pieces
- 5 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening
- 8 tablespoons ice water
-
FILLING
- 1⁄3 - 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 8 medium sized apples
- 2 tablespoons margarine
directions
- Measure the flour, sugar and salt together. Stir to combine.
- Add the chilled butter pieces and shortening to the bowl. Cut them inches.
- with a pastry cutter or knife. Don't over mix them.
- Add the ice water. Mix until the dough holds together (add a bit more.
- water, if necessary).
- Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface, knead it together, then.
- divide in half.
- Flatten each half into a disk, wrap in saran wrap and chill for at.
- least half an hour.
- Roll out one of the disks on a lightly floured surface until you have.
- a circle that's about 12 inches in diameter.
- Put the circle in a 9" pie plate, trimming any extra dough from the.
- edges with a sharp knife. Return it to the refrigerator until you are.
- ready to make the pie.
- Peel, core and slice the apples. Try to keep the size of the slices even.
- Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt in large bowl.
- Stir in apples.
- Pour into pastry-lined pie plate.
- Dot with margarine.
- Roll out the second ball of dough and cover top. Use a fork or your.
- fingers to pinch the edges together. cut a couple slits in the top.
- Heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Cover edge with 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent.
- too much browning.
- Remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking.
- Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to.
- bubble through slits in crust.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Alia55
Canada
After several floods to my basement, I am starting to input all of the many many recipes that I've been collecting for years. I didn't realize just how many I had saved up... must make note to self.. step away from the cookbooks!