Description
My sister always makes the 9″ pie, she doesn’t mess around with the little size.
Ingredients
Apple pie crust:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup of crisco shortening
5 Tbsp cold water
Apple Pie Filling for an 8” pan:
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tbsp flour
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Dash of salt
5 cups thinly sliced tart apples (about 5 medium apples) favorite – Honey Crisp
1 Tbsp butter
Apple Pie Filling for a 9” pan:
1 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of flour
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Dash of salt
6 cups thinly sliced tart apples (about 6 –7 medium apples) favorite apples – Honey Crisp. My sister uses an apple corer, peeler slicer, and then cuts them into quarters.
2 Tbsp butter
Instructions
Pie Crust:
- Combine flour and salt in a bowl.
- Cut in Crisco until all flour is just blended in to form pea sized chunks.
- Sprinkle with water, 1 Tbsp at a time.
- Toss lightly with a fork until dough will form a ball.
- Divide dough into two parts.
- Press to form two 5”-6” pancakes.
- Flour rolling surface.
- Roll dough for bottom crust and trim 1” larger than pie plate.
- Loosen carefully, fold into quarters, unfold and press into pie plate.
- Trim edge even with pie plate.
- Moisten pastry edge with water.
- Add filling (See Pie Filling and Assembly section below).
- Roll top crust and lift on to filled pie.
- Trim 1/2” beyond edge.
- Fold top edge under bottom curst.
- Flute with fingers or fork.
- Cut slits or design in top crust or prick with a fork for steam to escape.
- Bake according to filling recipe.
Pie Filling and Assembly:
- Pre Heat oven to 425º
- In large bowl mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt.
- Stir in apples
- Pour into prepared pie crust
- Dot with butter
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar
- Cover with top crust
- Cut slits, seal, and flute.
- Lightly spread butter on the top crust, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
- Cover edge with foil, remove during the last 15 minutes.
- Bake until crust is brown and juices begin to bubble through slits, cook 60 minutes.