Aunt Gabbie's Apple Pie

This is another one of Royce's favorites...Gabbie always finds us the best recipes :) It didn't look at all like I was planning, because my crust was giving me troubles, but I think it will taste really good, because I think I put a little too much shortening in the crust :)

6-7 cups apple—sliced thin w/lemon to keep white (I use Jonagold, Gabby uses Granny Smith & maybe a mix)

1 c sugar (if jonagold’s are sweet, reduce sugar)

½ c flour

1-2 T corn starch

½ t cinnamon

¼ t nutmet

Peel, core, slice apples thinly—put 1T? lemon juice over them to keep them white while in bowl

Mix all dry ingredients together

• 2 choices

  1. Gabby usually layers apples in thin layer, then sprinkles part of dry over them and repeats like a lasagna---trouble is, you have to come out evenly with apples and dry mix

  2. I poured the dry over the apples and stirred it in & poured it in the pie shell. Worked out fine. Gabby does this also

Dot top of apples with butter and top layer of crust

Bake @ 425 for 40-50 minutes

Gabby puts the crust covers you girls gave her over the edges so they don’t get too done

If you want, you can brush the crust with milk or ½ & ½ & sprinkle sugar on it

(My mom sent me the e-mail with Gabbie's recipe :) )