Dutch Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 5 -6 tablespoons ice water
• 3 lbs tart cooking apples, peeled and sliced
• 1/4 cup dark seedless raisins
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup unsifted flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups unsifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 3 -4 teaspoons milk

Recipe

• 1 for crust:.
• 2 mix flour and salt. with pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 3 sprinkle ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time. toss quickly with a fork, just until dough holds together when pressed into a ball, adding more ice water as needed.
• 4 divide dough in half. shape each half into a flattened round, wrap in plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes before rolling out.
• 5 for filling:.
• 6 in large bowl, combine apples and raisins.
• 7 in small bowl, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, mace and salt.
• 8 add to apples and raisins.
• 9 toss lightly to combine.
• 10 roll out 1st half of pastry on lightly floured board.
• 11 fit into a 9 inch pie plate.
• 12 fill with apple mixture.
• 13 roll out second half of pastry and fit over apples.
• 14 moisten rim of bottom crust, press 2 crust together, turn under and crimp edge.
• 15 cut 2-3 slits in top crust.
• 16 place on baking sheet in pre heated 425 degree oven.
• 17 bake 45-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling .
• 18 cool.
• 19 glaze:.
• 20 mix confectioners sugar and lemon juice and 3 teaspoons of milk, stir until smooth. add the 4th teaspoon of milk only if needed to make glaze of spreading consistenecy. spread over top crust of pie.
• 21 enjoy.