Apple Pot Pie

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 apples, cut into eighths
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2-2/3 cup water
• 2/3 cup sugar (to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups boiling water

Recipe

• 1 combine the flour and salt; cut in the shortening.
• 2 add enough water to make a stiff dough.
• 3 roll the dough out thinly - like noodle dough; cut into 2-inch squares.
• 4 arrange alternate layers of apples and dough in a heavy-gauge pot, sprinkling each layer of apples generously with sugar to sweeten and cinnamon.
• 5 adjust the amount of sugar you use according to the tartness of the apples.
• 6 dot the top layer of pastry squares with butter.
• 7 pour in the boiling water and cover the pot.
• 8 cook over low heat for 25 to 30 minutes or until the apples are tender.
• 9 serve hot or cold with cream.
• 10 makes 6 servings.