Old Fashioned Apple Pie
Ingredients
- No Fail Pie Crust:
- 2 cups Robin Hood® Original All Purpose Flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup All Vegetable Shortening
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- Filling:
- 1 cup SUGAR IN THE RAW® Natural Turbinado Sugar
- 3 tbsp Robin Hood® Original All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 7 cups (approximately 6-7 apples), peeled and thinly sliced (Spy, Honey Crisp, Golden Delicious, Royal Gala)
- 1 tbsp butter
- Topping:
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 tbsp SUGAR IN THE RAW Natural Turbinado Sugar
Directions
No Fail Pie Crust
Step 1:
Combine flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Cut room temperature shortening into flour with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture is blended and shortening resembles pea-sized pieces. Beat egg, water and vinegar together. Pour all liquid evenly over flour mixture. Stir with fork until all of the mixture is moistened. Divide dough in half and shape each half into a ball. Flatten each into a 4” (10 cm) circle. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 15 minutes for easier rolling.
Step 2:
Roll one half of the dough on a floured surface into a circle 2” (5 cm) wider than a 9” (23 cm) pie plate. Transfer into a pie plate. Trim pastry at edges of plate. Roll out remaining dough and set aside.
Filling
Step 3:
Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add apples, tossing lightly to coat fruit with sugar mixture.
Step 4:
Fill the pastry-lined pie plate with fruit mixture. Dot with butter. Top with remaining pastry. Seal and flute edges. Cut slits on top of pastry.
Topping
Step 5:
Brush top of pie with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar.
Step 6:
Place the pie on a foil-lined baking sheet.
Step 7:
Bake in preheated oven, on bottom rack, for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F (180°C) and bake for 60-70 minutes or until pastry is golden and fruit is tender. Cool on wire cooling rack for at least 2 hours before serving.