Just Like Great Grandma's Apple Pie




My Great Grandma always made the most amazing Apple Pies. I found out she just used the Pastry Recipe from the old Tupperware Mats, so glad people take pictures of it and put it on the internet! I started using it for our Thanksgiving Apple Pies. So amazing! 


Pastry:

2 Cups Sifted All Purpose Flour
1 Tsp Salt
2/3 cup Shortening (I used Crisco)
5 to 6 Tbls Cold Water
Mix and Chill
Yield: 2 - Crust, 8-9 Inch Pie




Apple Pie Ingredients

  • 8 peeled & sliced, all Gala apples
  • 2 sticks cold and cubed, plus 2 tablespoons cold and sliced unsalted butter 
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar 
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
  • 2 tablespoons flour 
  • 1 teaspoon salt 
  • 1 lightly beaten, for egg wash egg 
  • for dusting cinnamon sugar 

  • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 400 °F.

  • In a small mixing bowl, combine cinnamon, nutmeg, 1 1/4 cups sugar and 2 tablespoons flour, set aside. In a large mixing bowl, add the peeled and sliced apples. Sprinkle spice and flour mixture over apples. Toss to coat.

  • Remove one chilled disc of dough from the refrigerator and roll out on a lightly floured surface, large enough to cover your pie pan. Shape to fit, cutting off any excess.

  • Pour apple mixture into pie pan and add your 2 tablespoons sliced butter to the top of the mixture. Remove second dough disk from refrigerator and roll out large enough to fit the top of your pie with an overhang. Place pie dough on top of apple mixture and crimp edges to seal. With a knife, add four slits to your piecrust. Lightly brush egg wash onto the top of the dough. Sprinkle liberally with cinnamon sugar.

  • Place onto a baking tray into preheated oven for approximately 50 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Allow pie to rest until cool before slicing. Refrigerate any uneaten portions.

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