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This recipe makes enough for eight servings but you can always double the ingredients to make more than one pie if you are making them for a party or bake sale. This recipe refrigerates the dough for about forty-five minutes because this helps make the pie get that delicious flaky crust that you will love. If you want a nice glaze on your crust, you can sprinkle it with milk and sugar before you bake it. It takes forty to fifty minutes to bake but it sure to make your mouth water while you wait!

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The Ingredients To Gather:

Pastry

• 2 cups flour
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  
• 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons shortening
  
• 4 to 6 tablespoons cold water

Filling

• 1/3 to 1/2 cup sugar
  
• ¼ flour
  
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
  
• 8 cups apples
• 2 tablespoons butter

The Step By Step Directions To Follow: 

1. Mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening. Sprinkle with cold water until flour is moistened.

2. Gather pastry into ball. Divide in half; shape into 2 rounds on floured surface. Refrigerate 45 minutes until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable.

3. Heat oven to 425°F. Roll one pastry round into round 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths.

4. Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt. Stir in apples. Spoon into pie plate. Cut butter into pieces; sprinkle over filling.

5. Roll other round of pastry into 10-inch round. Fold into fourths and cut slits so steam can escape. Cover edge foil to prevent excessive browning.

Finished!

This Apple Pie Recipe is so delicious that you may find any reason to make it. Have you tried this Apple Pie Recipe yet, Was it as good as you expected?

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Article Source: Betty Crocker