Apple Pie

( Pastry )

Ingredients

2 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1/3 cup lard
1/3 cup butter
4 tbs. ice water

Directions

Sift flour with salt into medium bowl. With pastry blender, cut in lard and butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.

Sprinkle ice water (1 Tbs. at a time) over flour mixture, stirring lightly with a fork after each addition and pushing dampened portion to side of bowl.

On lightly floured surface, knead lightly 15 times. Press into ball: divide in half. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Apple Pie

( Pie )

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup sugar
2 tbs.flour
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt
1 egg yolk
6 cups thinly sliced tart cooking apples ( about 2 lbs )
1 1/2 tsp grated lemon peel
1 tbs. butter

Directions

Roll out half of pastry to 11 inch circle. Use to line a nine-inch pie plate. Refrigerate. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt and mix well. Add aples and toss lightly. Turn into pastry-lined pie plate, mounding in center. Sprinkle with lemon peel; dot with butter.

Roll out rest of pastry to 11 inch circle. Make several slits in center for steam vents. Adjust over filling. fold edge of top crust under bottom crust and press togeter; crimp. Mix yolk with 1 Tbs. water and brush on.

Bake 40-50 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden.