National Apple Pie Day - May 13th

did you know???
May 13th is National Apple Pie Day
here's a recipe to help you celebrate... ENJOY!!

Perfect Apple Pie

The following ingredients are designed to make the basic crust and filling for one pie in a 9 inch pie plate.

Ingredients:

8-9 medium apples, or about 4 pounds.
All purpose flour. 2 1/4 cups. (Some extra for rolling out pastry, and 2-3 tablespoon's worth for the apple filling.) Avoid self-rising flour.
Unsalted butter 10 tablespoons (cold)
5 tablespoons of shortening, such as Crisco - regular or butter flavored.
Cold Water 8-10 tablespoons
One egg
1/2 teaspoon of salt (for crust)
1/2 - 1 cup granulated sugar for the apple filling, and 1 tablespoon of sugar for the crust.
1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

Perfect Pie Crust

1. Into a medium mixing bowl combine the flour, 1 tablespoon of sugar and the 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
2. Cut the cold butter and shortening into half inch pieces, such as shown here, and transfer to the dry mix bowl.
3. The process of "cutting in" the butter/shortening. This should be done with some care, using the pastry blender or a pair of table knives. Don't make the pieces too small. They should be lumpy, the size of a large pea, before adding liquid.
4. Chill the mixing bowl and its dry contents in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
5. Adding the liquid: In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and water. Now sprinkle 3 tablespoons of this liquid over the dry mix (that you have removed from the cooler!). Stir this in with a wooden spoon.
6. Adding more liquid: One tablespoon at a time, add more of the water/egg mixture in to bowl. Stir it in. Do this until the dough begins to clump together. You should be able to form a ball that stays together, but it should not be "wet".
7. Make a ball with all the dough. Cut it in half. Flatten each of the two halves into a disc shape (about 1 inch thick) and w