Granny's Perfect Apple Pie
- 1/2 cup milk chilled
- 3 cups flour, all-purpose
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons vegetable shortening cold
- 2 stick butter, unsalted cold and chopped into cubees
- 6 medium apples 8 medium, (I use half macs half granny smith)
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, light up to 1 cup (depending on tartness of apples)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons flour, all-purpose up to 3 tablespoons
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 each lemon
- 2 tablespoons butter pats
- Crust:
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Combine dry ingredients in large bowl.
- With pastry blender blend the shortening until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Then add the cold butter cubes and blend until resembles peas.
- Slowly add the chilled milk until dough comes together.
- Divide into two disks, wrap in plastic and put in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- While chilling, prepare the fillingJ
- Filling:
- Skin, segment, and cut apples into 18 inch slices.
- In large bowl combine apples with brown sugar, lemon juice, salt, flour and cinnamon until evenly coated.
- If too tart, add more brown sugar.
- Prepare:
- Remove dough from refrigerator.
- Roll one half onto floured surface and move it into the pie pan by folding it over twice.
- Add the filling and top with butter pats and the second disk.
- Crimp edges and cut a few slots in the center.
- Brush the top with milk and sugar and place pie into second lowest rack of preheated oven, bake for 25 minutes.
- Then lower temperature to 350, move pie to lowest rack and bake another 25 to 30 minutes until edges are golden.
- Cover with tinfoil if pie browns too quickly.
- 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)