Monday, June 30, 2008

Grandma Stenger's Apple Pie Squares

Ingredients: 3 3/4 cups flour, 1 1/2 TB sugar, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 1/2 cup shortening, 2 egg yolks plus enough milk to make 1 1/2 cup.
Directions: Sift flour, salt and sugar into bowl. Cut in shortening until coarse crumbs are formed. Mix in milk and egg mixture using just enough to make a stiff dough. Roll out 2/3 of the dough into a shape large enough to cover a jelly roll pan. Transfer dough into the pan fitting well in the corners. Fit the bottom and the sides of the pan.
Filling: 1 cup crushed corn flakes, 1 TB. flour, 3 TB. sugar - mix these together and spread in the bottom of the pan. Add 7 cups of peeled and sliced apples. Mix together 2 cups sugar, 2 TB flour and 1/2 tsp cinnamon and spread that evenly over the apple slices. Dot with 3 TB of butter.
Directions: Roll out the rest of the pastry and cover the apple slices. Seal the edges. Slash the top pastry in several places. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Lower oven temperature to 350 and continue baking for 20 minutes. While still warm, frost with a thin frosting (I mix powdered sugar with milk or water).

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