Apple Pie

Ingredients:

6 apple such as Granny Smith

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

3/4 - 1 cups sugar depending on the sweetness of the apples

2 Tablespoons flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp nutmeg (optional)

2 Tablespoons butter

Peal apples, core and slice place in a large bowl.  Add remaining ingredients and toss until apples are well coated.  Spoon apple mixture into crust lined pie plate.  Cut butter into small pieces and drop on top of apples.  Top with second pastry, flute edges and cut slits in several places in top crust.

Mix 1 egg yolk and 1 Tablespoon water together.  With a pastry brush, brush egg mixture on top and edges of pie crust.  Bake 40-45 minutes until apples are tender and crust is golden brown.

Cool at least 2 hours before serving

Pastry

2 Cups all-purpose flour

3/4 tsp salt

1 cup vegetable disheartening

1 egg

2 Tablespoons cold water

1 teaspoon white vinegar

In a mixing bowl combine flour and salt.  Add shortening to the flour mixture cutting in with a pastry blender until well blended.  Mix together egg, water and vinegar making sure mixture is cold.  Add to flour and shortening mix with a fork.  Divide dough into two and create two discs. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.  Roll out pastry, place in pie pan and fill.