Grandma Longabergers Apple Pie

By eaglezfan6

Ingredients

• Apple Pie Filling
• 3 cups pared, cored and sliced apples
• 3 Tbsp. Flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 3 Tbsp. Milk
• Pie Crust
• 2 cups Flour
• 1/2 Tbsp. sugar
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 3/4 cup lard
• 1 small egg beaten
• 1/2 tbsp. vinegar
• 1/4 cup water

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375. Mix apples, flour, sugar and cinnamon. Stir gently. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Dab with butter and pour milk over filling. Roll top crust same as bottom and lift onto filled pie or decorate with woven lattice top. Bake 40-45 minutes. Filling is for one pie.

Pie Crust
In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, and salt. With a pastry blender or two knives, cut in lard until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix together egg, vinegar and water, then add to flour mixture. Mix until dough is moist enough to form a ball. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes. Divide dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll one half into a 12 inch circle. Press dough into pie plate. Crimp to form decorative border, then prick bottom with fork. Place in freezer while preparing pie filling. Makes one double crust pie.