Mom’s Apple Pie

📜 Collection: Unknown Nine | ✍️ Attribution: TheBoop2 | 📂 Category: Desserts A cherished family recipe for homemade apple pie featuring a flaky pastry mix and a spiced apple filling. Baked until golden brown and bubbly for the ultimate comforting dessert.

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Prep Time	Cook Time	Inactive / Chill Time	Yield / Servings
30 mins	45 mins	None	1 pie

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🔪 Key Equipment

• Mixing bowl
• Pie pan
• Air tight container

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Ingredients

Pastry Mix

Measurements	Ingredients	Prep / Notes
12 cups	Flour	Standard
2 Tbsp	Salt	None
5 cups	Crisco Shortening	None

Apple Pie Filling

Measurements	Ingredients	Prep / Notes
1/4 cup	Granulated Sugar	None
1/4 cup	Brown Sugar	None
1/4 tsp	Salt	None
3/4 tsp	Cinnamon	None
1/4 tsp	Nutmeg	None
2 Tbsp	Flour	None
1 small bag	Apples	Peel and slice (more or less)
as needed	Butter	For dotting
1 tsp	Lemon Juice	For drizzling over apples
as needed	Milk	For rubbing top crust

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Instructions

Step 1: Make Pastry Mix

1. Mix together 12 cups flour, 2 Tbsp salt, and 5 cups cisco shortening and store in an air tight container. No need to refrigerate.
2. To make 2 pie crusts, measure 2 cups of the mix with about 3 Tbsp (maybe more) of ice cold water. Mix together well.

Step 2: Prepare Filling and Assemble

3. Mix together all dry ingredients (1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, 3/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, and 2 Tbsp flour) except apples and set aside.
4. Peel and slice 1 small bag of apples, then pour into pie pan.
5. Mix dry ingredients with apples and pour into pie pan. Dot with butter. Put on top crust, about 1 tsp of lemon juice over apples.
6. Make vent holes in top crust. Rub top crust with milk (helps it brown evenly).

Step 3: Bake

7. Bake at 375 until apples are done (sauce is bubbly) and crust is nicely brown (about 30 minutes or so, maybe 45).

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💡 Make-Ahead & Storage: The dry pastry mix can be stored indefinitely in an airtight container at room temperature until ready to use.

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