Old Fashioned Apple Pie

 

Ingredients

  • 4 large cooking apples, peeled and diced
  • S cup sugar
  • Squeeze of lemon juice
  • 4 oz butter
  • 1 oz sugar, extra
  • 1 egg
  • 1½ cups self-raising flour
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • Additional sugar, for sprinkling

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. Cook the apple in a pan with the sugar, lemon juice and very little water over a low heat until the apples are soft.
  3. Cream butter and extra sugar, then beat in egg. Add sifted flour and milk alternately, and mix to a soft dough.
  4. Divide dough in two. Roll out each half separately between two sheets of plastic wrap, as the dough is very soft.
  5. Use half the dough to line a 10" tart plate or pie dish. Fill with the warm stewed apple and cover with remainder of pastry. Trim edges and press together.
  6. Decorate with leftover pastry scraps and sprinkle with sugar.
  7. Bake for about 30–40 minutes, until pastry is cooked and golden.

Additional Notes

DO NOT SUBSTITURE REGULAR FLOUR FOR THE SELF-RSIGING FLOUR