Desi's French Apple Pie

Apple Pie might be considered American but give this French style pie a toss and you'll never go back!

Crust Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon shortening
• 2 to 3 tablespoons cold water

Crust Directions

• Measure flour and salt into bowl.
• Cut in shortening thoroughly.
• Sprinkle in water, one tablespoon at a time, mixing until all flour is moistened and dough almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons water can be added if needed).
• Gather dough into ball, shape into flattened round on lightly floured cloth-covered board.
• With floured covered rolling pin, roll dough 2 inches larger than inverted pie pan.
• Fold pastry into quarters; unfold and ease into pan.

Apple Filling ingredients

• ¾ cup sugar
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour (if using self-rising flour omit salt)
• ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• Dash of salt
• 6 cups thinly sliced pared tart apples

Topping

• Mix 1 cup all-purpose flour, (do not use self-rising flour for this recipe)
• ½ cup firm butter or margarine
• ½ cup brown sugar (packed)
• Stir until crumbly.
• Add to top of apples.

Baking Directions

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Bake 50 minutes. Cover topping with aluminum foil last 10 minutes of baking if top browns too quickly. Best served warm.