Simple Apple Pie
ingredients
Pie Filling- 8 or 9 large apples of several different cooking varieties (Delicious apples will NOT do), peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- Sugar
- Ground cinnamon
- Pinch of both ground mace and ground nutmeg
- Unsalted butter
- 1 large egg white beaten with a little water, for brushing
- 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (12 1/2 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1/2 cup chilled solid vegetable shortening , cut into 4 pieces
- 1/4 cup vodka, cold
- 1/4 cup cold water







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