Okie's Kitchen

Grandma Paris Apple Pie (Pastry)

This is Grandmother Paris apple pie recipe, which Dad (Alvin Paris) was still making up to a year or so before he died. It includes the famous, flaky crust that the Bohemian HURT/PARIS are known for making.

CRUST: 3 Cups sifted flour
1 Cup Crisco (Butter flavor or can mix with butter)
Pinch of salt(NOT TOO MUCH)
Blend flour, salt and crisco
Put in icebox while peeling apples
1 T. Vegetable oil
Ice Water (APPROX. 6 T.)


Mix with above and roll as thin as possible. Roll rom middle out.


FILLING:
16 Apples peeled and sliced. (Add Lemon juice to apples before putting in pie)
1 cup sugar – or whatever it takes to generously layer the apples.
1/2 Cup Flour (4 OR 5 T.)
1 T. Cinnamon – Heaping, with each cup of sugar. For the layering speck of salt (NOT EVEN A PINCH)


Put three layers of apples sprinkled with flour and cinnamon and butter in between layers. Sprinkle with flour and cinnamon on top. Bake at 425 Degrees for 15 minutes then turn down to 350 Degrees for 1 hour.

~Stan Paris via Grandma Paris