Grosmommy'S Half-Moon Pies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. dried apples
2 c. water, plus some
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 Tbsp. shortening
4 c. flour
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Cook apples
in
2
cups water, covered, until soft and most of the
water
has
been
taken up.
Remove from heat and stir until smooth with potato masher.
Add sugar, cinnamon and salt. Cool.
Mix flour, shortening (heap shortening) and salt well.
Add cold water to make a soft pie dough.