Blue Ribbon Apple Pie Recipe
- 2 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 c. firmly packed cool butter-flavor vegetable shortening Or possibly
- 1/3 c. each cool butter and vegetable shortening
- 1/4 c. cool water
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp. cider vinegar
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Prepare Pastry: Combine flour and salt.
- Cut in shortening.
- Whisk together water, egg yolk and vinegar in a small bowl.
- Gradually pour over flour mix, stirring quickly with fork till pastry holds together.
- Divide pastry in half; flatten into 1-inch thick rounds.
- Cover with damp toweling.
- Roll half of pastry out on well-floured surface into 13-inch round.
- roll onto rolling pin; ease into a 9-inch pie plate.
- Prepare Filling: Combine sugar and cinnamon in large bowl.
- Add in apples; toss together.
- Pile into shell, mounding apple in the center; dot with butter.
- Roll second half of pastry into a 12-inch round.
- Ease over apples.
- Trim, crimp, seal edges.
- Cut vents for steam to escape.
- Slide onto baking sheet.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 15 min.
- Reduce heat to 400 degrees and continue baking for 1 hour 25 min till golden and bubbly.
- Cold for 1 hour.
flour, salt, vegetable shortening, butter, water, egg yolk, cider vinegar
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/blue-ribbon-apple-pie-31406 (may not work)