- 2 tablespoons [17.5 g] all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup [100 g] sugar
- 1/4 cup [60 mL] well-packed golden brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon [1 mL] salt
- 1/8 teaspoon [0.5 mL] nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon [0.5 mL] grated lemon rind
- 2 tablespoon [30 mL] lemon juice
- 5 cups [1.25 L] firm red cooking apple slices* [such as'York']
- 1 tablespoon [15 g] margarine
Pie Dough
- 3 cups [420 g] all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon [5 mL] salt
- 1 cup [225 g] shortening
- 1 cup [250 mL] water
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- Preheat oven to 450°F [190°C].
- Prepare pie dough.
- Line a 9-inch [23-cm] pie plate with one of the pie shells.
- Mix together flour, sugar, golden brown sugar, salt, nutmeg, grated lemon rind and lemon juice.
- *Peel and core apples; thinly slice apples.
- Delicately mix together apple slices and flour mixture.
- Arrange pie slices into pie shell, shaping a mound.
- Evenly dot apple slices with butter.
- Top with remaining pie shell; cut slits on top of dough.
- Bake into preheated oven, for 15 minutes.
- Lower oven temperature to 350°F [180°C].
- Bake for 55 minutes longer.
Pie Dough
- Mix together flour and salt.
- Using a pastry cutter or two knifes, cut shortening into flour mixture, until mixture resembles oatmeal.
- Using a fork, slowly mix in water, 1 tablespoon [15 mL] at a time, until dough can be shaped into a ball.
- Half then roll dough into 2 pie shells.
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