Howie Long's Humbling Apple Pie - Apple Pie
- 2 cups (475 ml) flour
- 1/2 tbsp (7 ml) sugar
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) salt
- 7/8 cup (200 ml) shortening (yes, 5/6th!)
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) cider vinegar
- 1 whole egg
- 3/4 cup (175 ml) brown sugar
- 3/4 cup (175 ml) white granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) corn starch
- 1 tsp (5 ml) cinnamon
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) lemon juice
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) butter
- 6 cups (1425 ml) sliced pippin or granny smith apples
- In a large bowl combine flour, sugar and salt.
- Cut in shortening; combine water, vinegar and the egg and beat well with a fork.
- Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture.
- Mix until pastry holds together.
- Divide dough into 2 balls.
- Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
- Roll each crust out until crust is 2 inches larger than the pie plate.
- (Dough can be made ahead of time.
- Wrap dough tightly and refrigerate up to 2 weeks, or freeze up to 2 months.
- Thaw frozen dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- This make two crusts)
- Mix the sugars and cornstarch.
- Toss with apples, cinnamon and lemon juice.
- Place in pastry lined pie plate.
- Dot with butter and cover with top crust.
- Seal and flute edge, cut slits in the top of dough.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees (225 C.).
- 1/2 Bake hour with foil around edges, then remove the last 15 minutes.
- Bake in total for 45-50 minutes, until the pie is bubbling in the center.
flour, sugar, salt, shortening, cider vinegar, egg, brown sugar, sugar, corn starch, cinnamon, lemon juice, butter, pippin
Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000F7B (may not work)