Happy Birthday Maddy Merritt
U R AWESOME!
Crust
1 cup + 3 tbsp shortening
3 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
4 tablespoons of cold water
Combine flour-salt mixture with shortening using a pastry blender until it breaks in to approximately pea sized pieces, gently sprinkle in water and mix with a fork, then roll
Pie Filling
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinammon
1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
dash of salt
-combine and sprinkle over
8 cups thinly peeled tart apples (I prefer MacIntosh)
then do the top with
2 Tablespoons butter ( and add top from remaining crust)
seal crust and vent with a fork - then sprinkle with sugar