Published October 13. 2022 02:38PM
Grumpy Old Man’s Apple (and a little Pineapple) Pie
Crust: (Makes 1 double-crust pie)
3 cups sifted flour
3/4 cup white Crisco
1/4 cup butter Crisco
1 tsp. salt
1 egg
5 T. cold water
1 T. white vinegar
Mix all ingredients with fork and knead until silky. Form two balls. Refrigerate 1/2 to 1 hour before rolling out dough.
Filling:
4 cups yellow delicious apple, peeled and sliced
1 cup crushed pineapple in syrup, undrained
2/3 cup sugar
3 T. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
Combine apples, pineapple, sugar, flour and cinnamon in large bowl, mix well.
Pour into unbaked pie shell.
Use second dough ball for cover or for lattice top.
Brush with egg white.
Dust with sugar and cinnamon
Bake at 375 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
PRESS PHOTO BY LOU WHEELAND Winners of the Grim's Orchard and Family Farms Blue Ribbon Apple Pie Contest were Ginger Hertzke of Lower Macungie Township, winning second place with her Apple Pecan Pie; Terry Ebert of Laurys Station, won first place for his Grumpy Old Man's Apple Pie; and Illiana Rodriquez of Allentown, won third place for her Apple and Raisin Pie, held by 2022 Great Allentown Fair Queen Allison Emanuel.
