Best-ever apple pie

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ cup Shortening - Crisco
3 tablespoons Butter; softened
2¼ cup All-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Ice water
8 cups Sliced apples; tart,peeled and core
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
½ cup Sugar
3 tablespoons All-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Egg yolk
1 tablespoon Water
2 teaspoons Sugar

Directions

PASTRY

FILLING

GLAZE

In bowl, beat shortening with butter until smooth; stir in flour and salt until coarse and ragged looking. Pour in water all at once; stir until loose dough forms. With floured hands, gather into 2 balls. On well-floured surface, gently knead into ¾ inch thick disc. Wrap and refirgerate for at least 1 hour or until chilled. On well-floured pastry cloth or work surface and using stockinette covered or well-floured rolling pin, roll out 1 piece of dough from centre, lifting pin edge to maintain even thickness. Turn rolling pin clockwise 90 degrees. Repeat rolling out and turning dough until in 13 inch circle. Loosely roll dough around rolling pin; unroll into 9 inch (23cm) pie plate. Using sharp knife, trim edge even with pie plate. FILLING - In large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. Stir together sugar, flour and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples and toss until coated. Scrape into pie shell. Brush pastry rim with water. Roll out remaining dough to same-size circle. Using rolling pin, drape over apples, without stretching dough. Trim, leaving ¾ inch overhang. Gently lift bottom pastry rim and fold overhang under rim; press together to seal.

Tilt sealed pastry rim up from pie plate at 45 degree angle. With hand on outside of tilted pastry rim and using thumb and bent index finger, gently twist rim to form scalloped edge. With small decorative cutter or tip of sharp knife, cut steam vents in centre of pie. Whisk yolk with water; brush over crust. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake in bottom third of 425 degree overn for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 40 minutes or until golden, filling is bubbly and apples are soft when pierced with knife through vent. Let cool on rack. Recipe By : Canadian Living October 1996 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #290 Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 10:09:37 +0000 From: "Linda Gordon" <lgordon@...> NOTES : Variation - Cranberry Apple Filling: Use 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries instead of 2 cups apples. Omit lemon juice. Increase flour to ¼ cup. Reduce cinnamon to ¼ tsp.

Add ¼ tsp nutmeg.

Tips:

Unbaked pastry can be refrigerated for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 2 weeks. Tart baking apples include Mutsu and Northern Spy; sweet-tart Idared is also a good choice.

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