Granny's Perfect Apple Pie

  1. Crust:
  2. Preheat oven to 425.
  3. Combine dry ingredients in large bowl.
  4. With pastry blender blend the shortening until it resembles coarse crumbs.
  5. Then add the cold butter cubes and blend until resembles peas.
  6. Slowly add the chilled milk until dough comes together.
  7. Divide into two disks, wrap in plastic and put in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  8. While chilling, prepare the fillingJ
  9. Filling:
  10. Skin, segment, and cut apples into 18 inch slices.
  11. In large bowl combine apples with brown sugar, lemon juice, salt, flour and cinnamon until evenly coated.
  12. If too tart, add more brown sugar.
  13. Prepare:
  14. Remove dough from refrigerator.
  15. Roll one half onto floured surface and move it into the pie pan by folding it over twice.
  16. Add the filling and top with butter pats and the second disk.
  17. Crimp edges and cut a few slots in the center.
  18. Brush the top with milk and sugar and place pie into second lowest rack of preheated oven, bake for 25 minutes.
  19. Then lower temperature to 350, move pie to lowest rack and bake another 25 to 30 minutes until edges are golden.
  20. Cover with tinfoil if pie browns too quickly.
  21. Remove from oven and eat eat eat!

milk, flour, sugar, salt, vegetable shortening cold, butter, apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, salt, salt, lemon, butter

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/grannys-perfect-apple-pie-52281 (may not work)

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