Recipe

Grandmas Homemade Apple Pie Recipe

	Kbennj / All my dishes 11 months, 1 week ago I got this recipe from my husband's grandmother who had it passed down to her form her mother etc...she is from the south and the best baker I have ever met! Prep:3010m Cook:3550m Servings:8	Kbennj
	homemade easy

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Ingredients

7-8 semi tart apples (Jonathon) peeled and sliced thin in half moon shaped slices

1 cup sugar

2Tbl flour (heaping)

1/4 stick butter sliced into pats

cinnamon

allspice

crust:

2 cups flour sifted

2 tsp salt

8 Tbl shortening (Crisco, heaping )

8 TBL ice cold water

Directions

pre heat oven to 425 degrees

wash, peel and slice apples thin into wedges (abt the thickness of a butter knife)

add to large mixing bowl apples, sugar and flour mixing well to ensure all apples are covered

then sprinkle with enough spices to cover to taste

leave set while you make crust

crust:

makes a 2 layer pie crust

in a large bowl, sift 1 c flour and 1 tsp salt at a time to make sure well sifted.

add the shortening in rounded heaps to the bowl

take a pastry cutter and mix shortening and flour mixture until the consistency of corn meal, ensuring all large peices of shortening are broken up small and crumbly

add ice cold water all at once.

mix by hand until ingredients are all stuck together.

do not mix too much or crust will be tough. The less you handle it, the better!

form into a large ball and cut in half.

Roll out on floured counter or wax paper 1 at a time. Make bottom crust 1/2 inch larger all around than the pie plate.

place pie crust into pie plate

add apple mixture.

place pats of butter on top of apple mixture in crust

sprinkle with additional cinnamon if desired

roll out second top crust.

Place on top if apples in pie plate

seal the edges with a little water on your fingertip

make a decorative edge with your fingers pinching the two layers of crusts together. or using the teeth of a fork to put ridges around edges.

brush the top of pie crust with a egg wash and sprinkle with sugar (optional) for looks

take a knife and cut 5 slits into top crust for venting

place a spare cookie sheet under pie in oven to reduce smoking when it begins to boil over.

bake pie at 425 degrees for 15 mins

then turn down heat and bake at 350 degrees for 35- 40 mins until pie is sbhowing it is bubbling

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Comments

juels 11 months, 1 week ago said:
My husband loves apple pie! We have several apple trees in our yard and i always look for new apple recipes. This sounds like a comforting recipe! Great cooking tips here, too! High 5!

momo_55grandma 11 months, 1 week ago said:
Great instructions delicous apple pie thanks bunches

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