Nothing says home quite like a fresh apple pie cooling on the counter.
Ingredients
- Filling
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- dash nutmeg
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp butter, dabbed on top
- sliced apples, enough to fill the pie
- Pie Crust
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tbsp vinegar
Instructions
- For the crust, combine flour, shortening, and salt until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk and vinegar until dough just comes together. Divide in half and roll out two crusts.
- In a large bowl, toss sliced apples with sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and flour until evenly coated.
- Line a pie dish with the bottom crust and fill with the apple mixture.
- Dab butter over the top of the filling.
- Cover with the top crust, crimp the edges, and cut a few slits for steam to escape.
- Cover the pie loosely with foil for the first 30 minutes of baking.
- Bake at 400°F for 50–60 minutes total, removing the foil after 30 minutes so the crust can brown.
