Brown Bag Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 4 -5 tablespoons ice water
• 1 1/2 lbs tart apples, peeled, sliced (8 cups)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 large brown paper bag
• vanilla ice cream (optional) or whipped cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, salt and shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 2 stir in water with a fork, a little at a time, to form a ball.
• 3 on lightly floured surface, roll pastry to 11 or 12 -inch diameter. fit into 9-inch pie plate. flute edges.
• 4 in large bowl, toss sliced apples with sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon juice. arrange apples in pie pastry.
• 5 for topping, in bowl combine sugar and flour. cut in butter. sprinkle topping over apple filling.
• 6 place pie in a large paper bag on a baking sheet. loosely fold open end under.
• 7 bake at 400 for 50-60 minutes, or until apples are tender.
• 8 carefully remove pie from bag to avoid steam.
• 9 serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.