Deluxe Apple Tart(10 Servings) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp. salt
sugar
5 Tbsp. shortening
6 medium size golden Delicious apples (2 1/2 lb.)
1 (12 oz.) jar apricot preserves
2 tsp. lemon juice

Preparation

Early in Day:
In bowl, stir flour, salt and 2 tablespoons sugar.
With pastry blender, cut in shortening, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
With fork, mix in 2 tablespoons cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until pastry holds together, adding more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if needed.
Pat pastry into bottom and up side of 9-inch tart pan with removal bottom. Refrigerate.