Apple Pie
- 24 ounces all-purpose flour
- 6 ounces vegetable shortening
- 6 ounces butter
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 4 medium fuji apples, diced
- 14 cup raisins
- 14 cup sliced blanched almond
- 12 cup sugar
- 14 cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 34 teaspoon cinnamon
- 18 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Rub the fats into it until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Add just enough cold water to mix to a dough that leaves the bowl clean.
- Leave the pastry to rest in a polythene bag in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 425F, divide the pastry dough in half, roll out and place in a pie dish that has been dusted with cornflour.
- Mix the pie filling mix together and spoon onto the pie crust.
- Top with the second crust, wrap excess crust under the bottom crust edge, pressing together to seal.
- Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, after 15-20minutes of baking cover the edge of the crust with 2-3 inch wide strips of foil to prevent the crust from burning.
- Cool for 2 hours before serving.
flour, vegetable shortening, butter, salt, fuji apples, raisins, blanched almond, sugar, light brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/apple-pie-273073 (may not work)