MEL'S APPLE PIE

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Categories     Dessert     Bake     Apple

Yield 1 9 inch pie pan

Number Of Ingredients 17

Crust:
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup fat (1/2 shortening, 1/2 butter)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
6 tablespoons water (or less)
Filling:
3/4-1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons flour
6 -8 apples
Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup butter

Steps:

  • Make pie crust by cutting in shortening and butter into flour, sugar, salt and cinnamon until crumbly. Then add water a little at a time until the dough will hold together in a ball. Roll out 1/2 the dough on a lightly floured surface for the bottom crust, place in pie pan. Place remaining dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed. Peel and cut the apples as desired, mix well with other filling ingredients. Then place in pie shell. Mound apples high as needed. Roll out top crust. Moisten finger and run around bottom edge of pie crust then place top crust on pie. Add slits for vents and crimp edges as desired. Mix the topping ingredients together, it is easier to place on top when the butter has reached a past like consistency. Smear and spread all over the pie. Check that slits are still open. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temp to 350 until it bubbles over and apples are soft. This can be anywhere from 45 minutes or so to an hour or more.

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