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Grandma Anderson's Apple Pie Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Crust:
2 cups of flour
⅓ lb. of lard
1 tsp of salt
3-4 T of ice water

Filling:
5-6 apples (sliced)
⅔ cup of packed brown sugar
⅓ cup of sugar
1 T of flour
1 tsp of cinnamon
Directions:
Directions:
Mix flour, salt, and lard until it forms pea size clumps then add ice water until it all holds together

Form mixture into a ball and cut it in half, roll out into crusts

Mix ingredients for filling, apples added last

Take one of the crusts and put in a pie tin, add apple mixture onto bottom crust, and top with dots of butter

Add top crust and cut slits to vent (can use brown paper bags/parchment shaped into small funnels and pace into slits)

Bake in oven at 425º for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 375º, bake for another 40 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Grandma Anderson's apple pie is the most famous of her recipes. Karen's brother John has made it for get togethers for years. The advantages of lard in the recipe are still discussed today. It is baked for both Christmas and Thanksgiving for our family.

 

 

 

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