Ginger has passed along this recipe of Mary Anne's for apple pie!

Ginger has passed along this recipe of Mary Anne's
for the Holiday Season and New Year. We are all so blessed
to have Mary Anne in our lives, and I know I am sure going to
enjoy this apple pie! I've never baked a pie in my life, but this year, I am
going to bake one for Mary Anne!

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PIE PASTRY
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
2 tablespoons of sugar
1/4 cup lard
1/2 cup butter
about 9 tablespoons of cold water

Stir flour, salt, baking powder & sugar together.
Cut lard and butter with pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.
Add water, a little at a time, using just enough to bind mixture so the dough can be patted lightly to form a ball.
Handle as little as possible.
Roll between wax paper, parchment paper or plastic wrap, to the size of your pie plate.
Take off one side of paper, place dough into pie plate and form into plate.
Take other paper off.
Double recipe for large pies with a top crust.

APPLE FILLING
6 cups sliced apples
6 tablespoons white sugar
6 tablespoons brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter
1 tap cinnamon

Preheat oven to 450 F.
combine sugars, flour, cinnamon & salt together.
Mix with apples.
Spread apple mixture into unbaked pie shell; dot with butter.
Cover with top crust, sealing carefully and making slits to allow steam to escape.
Sprinkle top lightly with granulated sugar.
Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 F and continue cooking for 20-30 minutes or until apples are cooked.