Liz makes an apple pie

For March 14th, otherwise known as Pi Day, my mom and I made an apple pie with the Pi symbol cut out of the pastry dough. I think it's clever and it was delicious served al a Mode. This is probably one of the harder recipes I've made here on this blog, but it's not too difficult. Here's the recipe:
Ingredients for the pastry dough:
3 cups flour*
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup ice water
(*plus more for rolling out the dough)

Ingredients for the apple filling:
6 apples
2 cups sugar
cinnamon to taste

In a bowl, prepare your pastry dough by mixing all of the ingredients except for the ice water into a bowl with a pastry cutter. Slowly add in the ice water (without the ice of course) and mix some more. Eventually, mix with your hands until it reaches dough consistency. Roll it out with a rolling pin, making it really thin. Place it in your pie pan by folding it in fourths and then unfolding it in the pan.

Peel and dice your apples into small pieces and place them in a separate bowl. Mix the cinnamon and sugar along with the diced apples.

Roll out more dough for the top part of the pie. I cut out the pi symbol with a knife, but you can also do a lattice or any other pie topping. Place it over the top and pinch the two pie crust pieces together. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!
Love, Liz