Ann Walko's Apple Pie

Another Anne collecting apples

I got this deliciously basic apple pie recipe from my friend Insley (and her grandmother, Ann). I added a little water and yogurt to make it creamier. It helped in baking it at 7,000 ft elevation as well. 

Filling:

*6-7 med. size Macintosh apples
*1/3 cup sugar
*1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
*1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
*1/2 teaspoon salt
*3 scant tablespoons flour

*3/4 cup yogurt

*1/4 cup water

Directions:

1 ¼ cup sifted flour (separate ¼ cup from this and add to it ¼ teaspoon of salt) Take remaining 1 cup of flour and cut in (with two table knives) ½ cup Crisco until the mixture has bonded and is crumbly.

Next take ¼ of flour and salt and add to it 3 tablespoons of ice water.  (Sometimes it requires a bit more than this).   Stir into a paste and then add to the Crisco/flour mixture and cut again.

Ball up, divide in half and sprinkle flour on wax paper and pin to roll.  (Because the dough is usually fairly moist, quite a lot of flour can be used to roll it out and prevent sticking).
Line pan with crust.  Add filling and put 6 thin slices of butter on top of apples.  Put top crust on.  Cut off excess at edges.  Roll under and press with fork.  Cut vent holes in top crust.
Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes then turn down (to 325-ish?) and bake for an additional 40 minutes on the bottom rack.  (Put foil around the edges if they begin to brown.)