Apple Pie
Tenderflake No-Fail Pastry
5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp salt
1 pound Tenderflake lard
1 tbsp vinegar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
water added to egg and vinegar to make 1 cup
Cut the lard into pieces.
Mix together the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl and cut in the lard using a pastry cutter until you get uneven, smallish clumps.
Add in the liquid all at once, by pouring it around the bowl. Add a few more drops of ice water if needed to bring dough together.
Divide the dough into six parts. Keep out what’s needed and ball, plastic wrap and freeze anything you aren’t using today.
Roll dough.
(Over) fill your pie crust with peeled and sliced Gravenstein apples. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup of sugar, 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon or apple pie spice, a squeeze of lemon juice and a few dabs of butter.
Roll the top crust over, seal the edges and crimp. Make sure to cut some slits in the pie for the steam to escape and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 45 additional minutes.
Tenderflake No-Fail Pastry
5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp salt
1 pound Tenderflake lard
1 tbsp vinegar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
water added to egg and vinegar to make 1 cup
Cut the lard into pieces.
Mix together the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl and cut in the lard using a pastry cutter until you get uneven, smallish clumps.
Add in the liquid all at once, by pouring it around the bowl. Add a few more drops of ice water if needed to bring dough together.
Divide the dough into six parts. Keep out what’s needed and ball, plastic wrap and freeze anything you aren’t using today.
Roll dough.
(Over) fill your pie crust with peeled and sliced Gravenstein apples. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup of sugar, 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon or apple pie spice, a squeeze of lemon juice and a few dabs of butter.
Roll the top crust over, seal the edges and crimp. Make sure to cut some slits in the pie for the steam to escape and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 45 additional minutes.
