Well KAF, You finally did it. I've shied away from attempting to bake a pie with a decent crust for 25 years but thought I'd give it another shot with this recipe. It looked fun and since it was just a single crust, I felt like I couldn't mess it up too bad. Well! The results were amazing! My oven runs a little hot, evidently, so I'll cook it for 5 or 10 minutes less next time, but man oh man, what a flavor! Apples had some texture, filling not too sweet, crust was super ( I ended up using lard instead of veg shortening) and the streusel was good (I may experiment with that some more, wasn't very crumbly). It made my whole house smell great, too. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Congratulations Elizabeth! I'm a lard in the pie crust gal myself too. Your description is wonderful, I can almost smell the pie from here. ~ MaryJane

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