Granny Smith Apple Pie
Shortening pie dough: 2 1/3 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 3/4 c Shortening, cold, cut into p Pie filling: 14 1/2 tb Sugar 3 tb Flour 3/4 ts Cinnamon 1/4 ts Nutmeg 1/4 ts Ginger 1/4 ts Salt
Ingredients
- 1/2ts salt
- 3/4c shortening, cold, cut into p
- 3tb flour
- 3/4ts cinnamon
- 1/4ts nutmeg
- 1/4ts ginger
- 3/4ts lemon zest
- 21/2 lb apples (granny smiths, of co
Directions
- 1
Shortening pie dough: 2 1/3 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 3/4 c Shortening, cold, cut into p Pie filling: 14 1/2 tb Sugar 3 tb Flour 3/4 ts Cinnamon 1
- 2
Add shortening and blend until mixture resembles coarse meal
- 3
Add 4-6 Tbsp ice water or enough to form into soft but not sticky dough, tossing the mixture with a fork
- 4
Form dough into a ball, flatten it slightly, dust with flour and chill it, wrapped in wax paper, for 1 hour
- 5
Divide dough into 2 pieces, one slightly larger than the other
- 6
Chill the larger piece, wrapped in wax paper
- 7
Roll out the other, 1/8-inch thick on a floured surface, and fit it to a 9-inch pie plate, and trim the edge leaving a 1/2-inch overhang
- 8
Chill the pie shell while making the filling