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Sara's
Apple Pie |
6 - 8 apples, peeled and sliced
3/4 ish cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 - 2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon (+-) nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter
Mix sugar, flour, spices and dash of salt. Add mix to apples and
stir up; Let mixture sit while you make the crust.
Put filling in bottom crust. Dot top of filling with butter. Add
top crust and pinch edges to seal. Make initial of your favorite
person in the top crust with fork tines. Sprinkle with sugar and
cinnamon.
Bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes or so until crust is brown and
it looks done.
Note: you can add raisins, (gold or regular), walnuts or anything
else for variety.
For 2 crusts:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
10 1/2 (+-) tablespoons Crisco (Not butter flavored)
5 - 7 tablespoons ice water
Mix flour and salt in a bowl. Add 5 - 5 1/2 tablespoons Crisco.
Cut Crisco into flour with a pastry cutter until the texture of
cornmeal. Add another 5 - 5 1/2 tablespoons Crisco. Cut in until
mixture is like small peas.
Sprinkle one tablespoon ice water over one part of mix, toss with
a fork until moist. Push to side of bowl. Repeat until all is moistened.
Form into 2 balls. Flatten one on a floured surface. Roll to pie
size. Curl dough over roller and place in pan. Add filling. Roll
out top. Put on top seal edges. Complete as described above.
-Sara
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