Shut Your Pie Hole

This the most incredible apple pie recipe! It's slightly different then most apple pies; the sauce that is poured over the apples has a subtle caramel flavor. All of my family has made this their new favorite dessert. It was originally called Grandma Opal's Apple Pie and Ruth's Grandma's Pie Crust. Since I neither have a grandma named Opal, nor do I know anyone named Ruth, I renamed it  My Own Apple Pie!

My Own Apple Pie

Crust ingredients:

• 2 c. flour
• 3/4 c. and 2 Tbs. butter-flavored shortening
• 1 Tbs. and 1 1/2 tsp. w. sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 egg
• 1/4 water

Directions:

In large bowl, combine fist four ingredients with a pastry cutter until crumbly. In small bowl mix egg and water. Blend into flour mixture. Chill until ready to use. Makes 2 pie crusts top and bottom.

Pie Filling Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. butter
• 3 Tbs. flour
• 1/2 c. w. sugar
• 1/2 c. b. sugar
• 1/4 c. water
• 8 apples, sliced and peeled 
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

Melt butter in sauce pan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add sugar and water; bring to boil. Reduce temerature and simmer for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, roll out pie crust and  place in bottom of a pan. fill with apples (if you don't mound the apples to much, you can make two pies). Sprinkle with the cinnamon. Pour sauce over the apples. Top with more rolled crust. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees, bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Enjoy!