mum's irish apple pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/8 teaspoon lemon juice
• 5 large granny smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tablespoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 egg, beaten

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9 inch pie pan.
• to make crust: in a large bowl, combine flours, salt and sugar. cut in butter and shortening until coarse crumbs are formed. mix in sour cream and lemon juice. keep mixing until dough forms a ball; dough may be slightly lumpy, this is fine. wrap dough ball in plastic wrap and allow to chill for 1 hour.
• once chilled, take dough out of refrigerator and cut it in half; keep one half covered and in the refrigerator. roll dough to 1/8 of an inch. to lift pie shell, roll dough around rolling pin and then unroll into pie pan. trim overhanging edges of pie crust.
• to make filling: place apples into pie shell. in a small bowl, combine sugar, flour and nutmeg; mix thoroughly. sprinkle mixture over apples. squirt lemon juice over apples. place pie in refrigerator while top crust is rolled out.
• remove pie from refrigerator. brush outer edge of bottom crust with beaten egg. place second crust on top of pie; crimp pie shell edges together. brush entire top crust with egg and cut 4 steam slots into it.
• bake in a preheated 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) oven for 45 minutes, or until golden brown. allow pie to completely cool before serving. serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.