Blue Ribbon Apple Pie- Lighter Version

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
• 5 -7 tablespoons ice water
• 2 cups granny smith apples, thinly sliced and peeled (about 1 lb.)
• 2 cups braeburn apples or 2 cups empire apples, same as above
• 1 cup rome apples (about 1/2 lb) or 1 cup winesap apple, thinly sliced and peeled (about 1/2 lb)
• 1 cup mcintosh apples or 1 cup jonathan apple, same as above
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 for crust: combine flour and salt in a bowl.
• 2 "cut in" butter and shortening until it resembles coarse meal.
• 3 add vinegar and sprinkle with ice water, 1 tbsp at a time, mixing with a fork in between until dough is moist and crumbly.
• 4 divide in half. press each half together and wrap loosely in plastic wrap. roll each into 11 inches rounds and chill 1 hour.
• 5 for filling: preheat oven to 450°f.
• 6 combine apples and lemon juice in a large bowl.
• 7 in a small bowl combine sugar, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. sprinkle over apples in large bowl and toss to combine.
• 8 remove 1 round of crust dough from fridge, unwrap and place in a 9-inch pie pan lightly coated with cooking spray or a little butter. allow extra dough to extend over the edge.
• 9 spoon apple mixture into crust dough. top with remaining crust dough half from fridge (unwrapped of course). press edges of bottom and top together to seal in the apples- making it pretty if you can! cut 6 1-in. slits across crust dough with a sharp knife.
• 10 brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar. place on a baking sheet and bake at 450°f for 15 minutes.
• 11 reduce oven temp to 375°f and bake an additional 45 minutes. cover edges of crust with tin foil if they brown too much before the time is up.