***Monku in Nevada’s/Mim's Apple Pie

By CheeseDiva

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 8 peeled Pippin apples
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 cube butter
• Crust:
• 1 cup shortening – Crisco only
• 2 2/3 c. unbleached flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 7-8 tbsp. cold water – put in freezer to chill while preparing apple filling
• Top crust before baking:
• Brush on milk
• Cinnamon
• Sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Filling:
Mix sliced apples with 1 cup sugar and 1 Tab cinnamon. Set aside.
Drain before adding to pie crust.

Crust:

Mix flour and salt.
Cut shortening thoroughly into flour. Sprinkle in water, stirring with fork, just until mixture forms a round ball.
Cover rolling pin with floured rolling pin stocking.
Divide dough in half.
Shape into flattened round on lightly floured board. Roll dough 2” larger than inverted pie pan. Fold pastry into quarters; unfold and ease into pan.
Add apple filling to crust (should fill to over flowing – mound in middle).
Dot with thin slices of butter – about 4-8 oz.
Roll out second crust and put over apples.
Trim crust within 1” of rim of pie pan and crimp or flute with fingers to seal.
(Put trimmed crust on baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and bake until just golden.)
Cut slits on top crust so steam can escape.
Brush top crust with milk. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.

Bake in 400 degree oven or until fork/knife goes through apples easily.