Ashton Apple Pie

By: Mom Ashton
From: Jessica Ashton

Crust Ingredients:
½ c. shortening
2 T. water, boiling
1 T. milk
1 ⅛ c flour
½ t. salt

Crust Directions:
Whip together the shortening, water and milk with a fork. Add the flour and salt and mix it with a fork; it will probably be a little wet. Immediately roll the dough out with enough flour to hold it together and not be sticky, but not so much that it gets dry. Put the dough into a pie pan, fitting it down into corners and make a fluted edge.

Brown Sugar Topping Ingredients:
½ c. butter, firm
½ c. brown sugar
1 c. flour

Brown Sugar Topping Directions:
Cut the butter, sugar and flour together with a pastry blender so it’s “mealy” or about pea size crumbs. Set it aside.

Apple Filling Ingredients:
6 medium Granny Smith apples
¾ c. sugar
2 T. flour
1 t. cinnamon

Apple Filling Directions:
Peel and thinly slice the apples. Mix the sugar, flour and cinnamon together. Gently mix the apples with the sugar mixture.

Final Directions:
Immediately put the apple filling mixture into the pie shell then sprinkle the brown sugar topping mixture over the top.
Bake at 425° for 1 hour, or until pie start to bubble.

Note:
To keep the topping from burning, make strips of aluminum foil about 2" wide and cover the edges of the pie crust. Lay a piece of foil over the top of the pie then put it into the oven and bake it for 1 hour. Remove the foil and bake it for a few extra minutes until the crust is browned on top and the syrup is bubbling up through the apples.