Apple Pie

Ingredients for Crust:

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

1/3 cup shortening

1/3 cup butter Crisco

7 tablespoons water, ice cold

Directions:

Combine first three ingredients and then add water. Mix well. Keep out less than 1/2 of batter for top. Roll remainder of the dough for crust. Place in pie pan.

Ingredients for filling:

6 golden delicious apples, sliced

1 cup granulated sugar, plus additional small amount to sprinkle on top

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon ginger

butter, slivered for top

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all filling ingredients together and place in crust. Place 5 slivers of butter on top.

Roll the remaining dough and then, using a knife or pizza cutter, cut remaining crust into 10 strips of about 1" wide. Interweave into a lattice pattern. Crimp strip edges with bottom crust to seal. Brush strips with milk, then sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar.

Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 350 and bake another hour.