Apple Custard Meringue Pie

== Ingredients ==
=== Pie Crust ===
* 3 cups all purpose flour
* 1 egg
* ½ cup cold water
* 1 tbsp white vinegar
* ½ tsp salt
* 1 cup shortening
=== Apple pie filling ===
* 7 Granny Smith apples
* 2 tbsp butter
* 4 tbsp white sugar
* ½ cup hot water
=== Egg white / meringue ===
* 3 egg whites
* 3 tbsp white sugar
* 1 tsp cream of tartar
=== Custard ===
* 4 tbsp custard powder
* 6 tbsp white sugar
* 1 cup milk
* ½ cup cold water
== Directions ==
=== Apple pie filling ===
# This has to be prepared before baking the crust.
# Slice the apples into thin slices.
# Add 2 table spoons of butter in a pan.
# Then pour in the sliced apples stir for 2 minutes, add 4 table spoons of white sugar.
# Stir for 2 minutes, slowly add in ½ cup of hot water and cook with low temperature for 20 minutes or until the apple is soft.
=== Pie Crust ===
# Mix the shortening and flour together.
# Beat egg and vinegar.
# Dissolve salt in cold water.
# Pour the egg mixture to the flour mixture.
# Then add the salty solution slowly.
# Massage the mixture into a dough.
# Cover the dough with a dry cloth and leave it to sit on a bowl for half an hour.
# Divide the dough into three parts.
# Roll one part and put in the baking tray.
# Now make holes with a fork to allow air to escape when it cooks.
# Bake with 375°F until it turns light brown.
# The other two parts can be kept for future use.
=== Custard ===
# This can be done after the crust is baked.
# Mix the custard, sugar, milk and cold water.
# Stir until all dissolve.
# Cook with low temperature until it boils.
=== Egg white / meringue ===
# Can be prepared last.
# Beat the egg white with sugar and cream of tartar until light fluffy.
# Pour the apple into the baked crust, then the custard and cover it with the egg white.
# Bake with 350 f until the egg white turns light brown.
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