GRANNY'S FAVORITE APPLE PIE 
Crust:

2 3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter
2 to 3 tbsp. cold water

Filling:

4 apples (tart apples preferred)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tbs starch

Crust:

Combine flour, shortening, salt, and butter with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Gradually stir in water to form dough. Divide dough in half and shape into a flat round shape. Wrap in plastic wrap or waxed paper and chill for half an hour. Fit one of the circles into a 9 inch pie pan. fill with filling and cover with second sheet of dough. You may also cut the top layer into strips before placing it on top of the filling.

Filling:

Peel apples and cut into thin wedges. Combine with sugars, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix together. Put filling into pie crusted pan. Bake at 400°F for 40-50 minutes.

Serve warm with whipped cream.

Submitted by: granny smith

recipe reviews
Granny's Favorite Apple Pie
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 Lisa (South Carolina) says:
So simple....tasty....not a lot of unneeded stuff!
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 Rod Kirchhoff (Nebraska) says:
I'm 79 years old, wife went to yard sales so I thought I'd give my 'first try' at making an apple pie from apples off our Aurora Gala apple tree. Somewhere along the way I read 'easy' pie making so I thought I'd give it a go. In fact it is easy, but for my first try at rolling out a pie crust. It was trial & error for about the first four attempts, but found that your advice at adding a little water at a time was good. Had to do a little patching on my first bottom, but as they say, practice makes perfect. By the time I was on my fourth pie, I thought I was a pro. The last pie is in the oven, three on the cooling rack and my wife still isn't home. That to me is more scary than trying to make a pie! Now for a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream and we'll see how good your recipe really is!
She is going to flip out!

 

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