Shortbread Pie

Name: Shortbread Pie
Ingredients: Apples, fresh lemon juice, white sugar, instant tapioca, kosher salt; 12 Apples (8 Macintosh apples, 4 Granny Smith); 1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice; 1 cup Sugar + 1 Tablespoon; 1 teaspoon Instant Tapioca; 2 pinches Salt; AP flour, cake flour, butter, shortening, white sugar, kosher salt; 1 1/2 cups Flour; 1/2 cup Cake flour; 12 tablespoons Butter, chilled and cut into 1/2 in pieces; 4 tablespoons Vegetable Shortening, chilled and cut into 1/2 in pieces; 3 tablespoons White sugar; 2 pinches Salt; 1/8 to 1/4 cups Water, iced; 4 pieces Butter, cold

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Ingredients

Apples, fresh lemon juice, white sugar, instant tapioca, kosher salt
12 Apples (8 Macintosh apples, 4 Granny Smith)
1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
1 cup Sugar + 1 Tablespoon
1 teaspoon Instant Tapioca
2 pinches Salt
AP flour, cake flour, butter, shortening, white sugar, kosher salt
1 1/2 cups Flour
1/2 cup Cake flour
12 tablespoons Butter, chilled and cut into 1/2 in pieces
4 tablespoons Vegetable Shortening, chilled and cut into 1/2 in pieces
3 tablespoons White sugar
2 pinches Salt
1/8 to 1/4 cups Water, iced
4 pieces Butter, cold

Directions

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["NOTE: Prepare the filling while the dough is cooling. Peel and core apples. Slice.Transfer to a large bowl.", "Add the juice and zest of half a lemon. It should measure about 1 Tablespoon.", "Stir in 1 cup and 1 Tablespoon white sugar.", "Add 1 heaping teaspoon instant tapioca. Stir apple mixture thoroughly and let sit .", "Using a food processor, mix the AP and cake flour.", "Sprinkle cold butter and shortening over flour and pulse 5-10 times or until the butter is crumbled with some smaller and some larger pieces.", "Add water (one tablespoon at a time!) and continue processing until dough just starts to form into a ball, then stop.", "Remove dough from processor, shaping it into a disc with your hands and adding some flour if it is too sticky.", "Place dough on work surface and sprinkle lightly with flour. Dust your hands with flour and using your surface, push away the dough once or twice with heel of your hand to incorporate the butter.", "Form dough into disc; wrap in plastic wrap. Place in ziiploc bag for at least two hours; longer is OK too.", "After chilling, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Cut the dough into two pieces. using a floured rolling pin, roll each disc of dough into a 10\" round. Drape one round into a pie plate. Add prepared apples. Distribute 4 pats of butter on apples. Drape the second piece over. Crimp with a fork to seal. Add top crust and cut 3 or 4 slits in the center for steam to escape.""