Honey, let me tell you about one of my favorite recipes — World’s Largest Apple Pie is something I’ve been making for years and it never disappoints! This is the kind of dish that fills the whole kitchen with the most wonderful aroma and has everyone asking when dinner will be ready.
Made with simple, wholesome ingredients like all-purpose flour, vegetable shortening, water, this recipe comes together without any fuss. That’s the way Gran likes it — good food that doesn’t keep you in the kitchen all day.
Whether you’re making this for a weeknight dinner or bringing it to a gathering, I promise it will disappear fast. Don’t forget to scroll down and let me know how it turned out in the comments!
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World’s Largest Apple Pie
Ingredients
- 352 pound All-Purpose Flour
- 132 pound Vegetable Shortening
- 8.25 gallon Water
- 0.5 pound Salt
- 0.125 pound Butter
- 320 bushel Apples
- 77.5 pound Cinnamon
- 1913 pound Nutmeg
- 48 pound All-Purpose Flour
- 923 gallon Lemon Juice
- 700 pound Brown Sugar
- 1400 pound Sugar
Instructions
- Roll crust in strips.
- Pat together in an 18′ round x 18 inch deep pan.
- Bake in 19’round x 19 inch deep cinder block oven at 350F (180C) to 400 degrees until done.
