Apple Pie

Crust

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
•  1 1/2 teaspoons salt
•  3 tablespoons white sugar
•  1 cup shortening
•  1 egg
•  1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
•  5 tablespoons water

Directions

• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, and sugar. Mix well, then cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• In a small bowl, combine egg, vinegar, and 4 tablespoons of water. Whisk together, then add gradually to flour mixture, stirring with a fork. Mix until dough forms a ball. Add one more tablespoon of water if necessary.
• Allow dough to rest in refrigerator 10 minutes before rolling out

Pie

Ingredients

•  1/2 cup unsalted butter
•  3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
•  1/4 cup water
•  1/2 cup white sugar
•  1/2 cup packed brown sugar
•  8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced

Directions

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.
• Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
• Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.