Nana-Greats Apple Pie with Lattice Crust
A delicious apple pie with a lattice crust- just like nana-great used to make! Weave strips of crust to make your apple pie turn out as pretty as it is delicious! Teach the kids how to bake an apple pie!
Equipment
- Pie plate
- Rolling Pin
- Pastry blender
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
Ingredients
- Recipe for pie filling:
- 6-7 cups sliced apples about 6 apples
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp. flour
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
- Recipe for pie crust:
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- Shortening like Crisco
- ¼ cup cold water
Instructions
- Apple pie filling:
- Wash, core and peel the apples.
- Place in a mixing bowl.
- Mix the dry ingredients and add to the apples.
- Set aside.
- Pie crust:
- Mix the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
- Cut in the shortening.
- Add the water, a bit at a time, until a dough is formed (not sticky)
- Roll out ½ of the dough between 2 pieces of waxed paper.
- Place the crust in the pie plate, pressing it against the sides
- Spoon the filling into the crust lined pie plate.
- Roll out the second ½ of the dough.
- Cut into ¾ inch strips.
- Lay strips across pie about ½ inch apart.
- Weave the remaining strips perpendicular to the first set of strips.
- Cut off the extra dough around the edge of the pan and seal the edges of the crusts.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
- Cover edges of crust with a narrow piece of aluminum foil for first half of bake time.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until golden brown.