What you’ll need:

Ingredients for our Scrumptious Apple Pie
An additional 1 tablespoon sugar and 2 teaspoons water to brush on crust just before baking
9-inch glass pie plate
Medium bowl
Large bowl
Pastry brush
Pastry blender or fork
Pie crust shield or aluminum foil
Plastic wrap
Rolling pin
Cooling rack
How to:

1. In medium bowl, mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture forms coarse crumbs the size of small peas. Sprinkle with water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until flour is moistened.

2. Gather pastry into ball. Divide in half; shape into 2 flattened rounds on lightly floured surface. Wrap rounds in plastic wrap and refrigerate 45 minutes.

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3. Heat oven to 425°F. Using floured rolling pin, roll one pastry round on lightly floured surface into a round 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate.

4. Fold pastry into fourths and place in pie plate or roll pastry loosely around rolling pin and transfer to pie plate. Unfold or unroll pastry and ease into pan, pressing firmly against bottom and side.

5. In large bowl, mix sugar, ¼ cup flour, the cinnamon, nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Stir in apples. Spoon into pastry-lined pie plate. Cut butter into small pieces; sprinkle over filling. Trim overhanging edge of pastry ½ inch from rim.

6. Roll other round of pastry into 10-inch round. Fold into fourths and place over filling, or roll loosely around rolling pin and place over filling. Unfold or unroll pastry over filling; cut slits in pastry for steam to escape.

7. Brush top crust with 2 teaspoons water; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar. Cover edge with pie crust shield ring or 2-to 3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove shield or foil during last 15 minutes of baking.

8. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours.