Apple Pie

Heidi Goeman's Note:

This is recipe is a combination of my Grandma's pie crust recipe and an apple pie recipe from our church cookbook. It's our favorite apple pie recipe.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 16

Yield: 2.0 PIES

for crust

• 1 ¼ cups vegetable shortening
• 3 cups flour , sifted
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 6 tablespoons cold water
• 1 tablespoon vinegar

Pie filling

• 10 -12 cups sliced apples
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 8 tablespoons flour
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter

Directions:

1. For the crust: Cut shortening into flour.
2. Beat egg; add water, vinegar and salt.
3. Combine all together and roll out.
4. This recipe makes 2 double pie crusts.
5. For the filling:.
6. Combine flour and sugar.
7. Peel and slice apples and put in unbaked pie crust.
8. Cut butter in two or three pieces and put on top of apples.
9. Sprinkle sugar mixture over the apples.
10. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of all.
11. Top with crust.
12. Bake at 400°F ten min.
13. ,reduce oven temperature to 350°F and continue baking for 40 minute longer.