Brown Bag French Apple Pie

• 1 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cups vegetable shortening
• 5 tablespoons water ice cold
• 8 cups apples peeled and sliced
• 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
• 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg ground
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
• 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 13 cups butter
• 1 x vanilla ice cream

1. Preheat the oven to 400F (200C).
2. To make the pie:
3. Combine the first measure of flour, salt and shortening using a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, then stir in the water a little at a time, using a fork, and form the dough into a ball.
4. Roll out the pastry dough on a lightly floured board.
5. Roll to an 11 or 12 inch diameter and fit into a 9 inch pie pan fluting the edges.
6. Combine the sugar, the second measure of flour, the cinnamon, the nutmeg and the lemon juice in a large bowl then toss the apple slices in the mixture and arrange them in the pie crust.
7. To make the topping:
8. Combine the sugar and flour in a bowl and cut in the butter using a pastry cutter then sprinkle the topping over the apple filling.
9. Place the pie in the LARGE paper bag and place the paper bag on a baking sheet and loosely fold the open end of the bag under.
10. Bake until the apples are tender (50-60 minutes).
11. 6) Carefully remove the pie from the bag.
12. CAUTION: WATCH OUT FOR THE STEAM COMING OUT OF THE BAG!
13. Serve warm with generous portions of vanilla ice cream.

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Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/brown-bag-french-apple-pie-50840 (may not work)