Brown bag french apple pie Recipe

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Brown bag french apple pie

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Ingredients:

		FOR THE PIE
1 1/2	cup	All-Purpose Flour
1/2	tsp	Salt
1/2	cup	Shortening
5	tbsp	ICE Water
8	cup	Apples [peeled & sliced]
1/4	cup	Granulated Sugar
2	tbsp	All-Purpose Flour
1/2	tsp	Nutmeg, Ground
2	tbsp	Lemon Juice
1	tsp	Cinnamon, Ground
		FOR THE TOPPING
1/2	cup	Granulated Sugar
1/2	cup	All-Purpose Flour
1/3	cup	Butter
1	large	Paper Bag
		Vanilla Ice Cream

Procedures:

1	Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2	To make the pie: 1) combine the first measure of flour, salt and shortening using a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, then stir in the water a little at a time, using a fork, and form the dough into a ball.
3	2) roll out the pastry dough on a lightly floured board.
4	Roll to an 11" or 12" diameter and fit into a 9" pie pan fluting the edges.
5	3) combine the sugar, the second measure of flour, the cinnamon, the nutmeg and the lemon juice in a large bowl then toss the apple slices in the mixture and arrange them in the pie crust.
6	To make the topping: 4) combine the sugar and flour in a bowl and cut in the butter using a pastry cutter then sprinkle the topping over the apple filling.
7	5) place the pie in the large paper bag and place the paper bag on a baking sheet and loosely fold the open end of the bag under.
8	Bake until the apples are tender (50-60 minutes).
9	6) carefully remove the pie from the bag ~ caution: watch out for the steam coming out of the bag! 7) serve warm with generous portions of vanilla ice cream.