Pies

Home Made Apple Pie

Ingredients

Pie Crust

8 oz (225g) plain Flour
4 oz(110g) Margarine
2 oz (55g) Lard
pinch of Salt
2 tablespoons cold and 3 tablespoons hot Water

or

1 pkg Store-bought pie crust

Pie Filling

1 lb (500g) cooking Apples, sliced
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 oz salted butter
2 1/2 c sugar, and additional for sprinkling
1/4 c flour
2 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
cinnamon
nutmeg

Pie Topping

1 oz (28g) Milk
cinnamon
sugar

Pie Crust

Rub all flour, margarine, lard, and salt ingredients together until fine breadcrumbs

Add 2 tablespoons water to make a soft but firm dough Roll pastry on floured surface to the size you want your pie, make two crusts Place one crust in pie pan

Everything Else

Do not precook apples, as this will deprive the pie of a substantial amount of flavor.

Peel and slice apples into 1/8th-1/4th inch thick segments
Add lemon juice to apple segments
Mix apples by hand into 1/2 cup sugar and a few dashes of cinnamon.
Transfer segments less aquired juices to pie pan. (This helps prevent the pie from boiling over in the oven)
Mix rest of sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, and cornstarch in a separate bowl
Pour over apples in pie pan
Dot with butter
Cover with the other crust of the pie
Firm down edges with fork or finger
Cut heart or diamond-shaped vents into top crust
Brush the pastry top with milk and sprinkle additional sugar and cinnamon over the top
Bake at 350°F (177°C) until golden brown (about 60 minutes)
Serve warm with ice cream or custard

Notes and tips

Use a variety of apples to get a wider pallate of flavors and textures
Use 2-3 Granny Smith apples, in combination with the other apples.
Replace the lard with shortening for a vegatarian dessert

Recipe contributed by Tasha Slone

Perfect Easy Pie Crust

In the food processor
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 tbls granulated sugar

Pulse ingredients together to combine

Then add:
1 cup cold margarine (cut into cubes and
very cold)
1 tsp vanilla extra

Pulse a couple of times
Then add 1/4 cup ice cold water
Pulse couple last times to combine
Pour out onto a well floured surface

Use your hands to form the dough into a ball even if it’s very crumbly it will still form your ball.

Flatten it out with your hands so it looks like a large very thick pancake.

Wrap in plastic wrap and refridgerate 1 hour

After that you can do whatever you’d like with it. Roll it out on a floured surface using a floured rolling pin and well floured hands.

When you get the shape you want put it in your pie pan and get your ingredients ready for your pie’s filling.

If you make this once you will never go back to paying over $2.00 for the famous name brand ready pie crust dough. Make it homemade.

Sent in by Barb Gary