Nana's Apple Pie
 
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Featuring my Mom's delectable pie crust recipe, this apple pie recipe is a traditional two crust pie piled high with apple slices, cinnamon and nutmeg.
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Recipe type: Pie
Serves: 8
Ingredients
Pie Crust (recipe for 3-4 crusts)
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1¼ cups Crisco shortening
  • ½ cup unsalted cold butter (4 ounces or one stick)
  • 1 TBL sugar
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 TBL apple cider vinegar
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup ice water
Apple Pie Filling (recipe for one pie)
  • 9 medium apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced (approximately 7-8 cups)
  • 1¼ cup sugar
  • 3 TBL flour
  • 4 TBL tapioca
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • dash of nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Prepare Pie crust. This recipe makes enough for 3 to 4 crusts. I like my pie crust thick, so I will bake a 2 crust pie, then save the leftover dough until later and bake a 1 crust pie. You could also bake two 2 crust pies if you roll thinner.
  2. Combine flour, shortening, butter, sugar and salt. Cut cold butter into small pieces and cut into flour using 2 forks or pastry blender. You want the dough to have small lumps.
  3. Beat vinegar, egg and ice water together and add to flour mixture, finish mixing with hands to form 3 to 4 round discs. Try not to overwork your dough.
  4. Wrap each disc in saran plastic wrap, flatten a bit and chill for 30 minutes.
  5. After chilling, roll out your dough using rolling pin to fit the size pie pan you are using. I used a 9 inch pie pan.
  6. Fill with apple pie filling.
  7. Top with second crust, trim any excess with kitchen scissors, fold crusts under and crimp with your fingers or use fork. I use the excess dough to cut out a few mini fall leaves using cookie cutters to place on top of pie. ( If using these, apply the mini cutouts halfway during the baking time)
  8. Cut 4 vertical vents in top of crust using a sharp knife.
  9. Bake pie in 425 degree oven for 15 minutes. Decrease temperature to 375 degrees and bake an additional 45 minutes. Halfway through the baking, I add my mini cut-outs and brush the crust with milk and a sprinkle of sugar.
  10. If crust appears to browning too much, cover edges with a thin piece of foil. Cool for 4 hours before cutting.
  11. Apple Pie Filling
  12. Use your favorite pie apple, I used honey crisp for this recipe and loved them.
  13. Toss thinly sliced apples with lemon juice, sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and tapioca.
  14. Fill unbaked pie shell and bake as directed above.
Recipe by Country Cupboard Cookies at https://countrycupboardcookies.com/i-just-want-a-piece-of-pie/