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Nanny's Settlement Cookbook pie crust and apple filling Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Plain Pastry or Pie Dough
1 1/4 cups of flour
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/3 to 1/2 cup of shortening (Nanny uses room temperature butter)
1/3 to 1/2 cup of ice cold water

Filling:
Six Macintosh Apples pared, cored, and sliced.
Add teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 cup of brown sugar or more if you like it sweet, 1/4 cup of flour, and 3 pats of butter, stir and fill pie crust.
Directions:
Directions:
Sift flour, salt and baking powder together; work shortening into the flour wit a fork or rub in very lightly with tips of fingers(the less it is handled the better). Add cold water very slowly enough to hold dough together, (do not work or knead dough). Divide in halves; roll out part thin on floured board, and use for bottom crust. After pie is filled roll out other part for top.
Bake at 350 35-40 minutes of until apples are soft and pie is golden brown on top.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Nanny makes a cut out apple or two on the top on teh pie crust.She then uses red and Green food dye to color the apples before baking
Hannah ,Katherine and I had a fun day learning how to make pies with Nanny.

 

 

 

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