Apple Pita / Serbian-Croatian Apple Pie (Pita savijača sa jabukama)

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Apple Pita / Serbian-Croatian Apple Pie

(Pita savijača sa jabukama)

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Apple Pita / Serbian-Croatian Apple Pie (Pita savijača sa jabukama)

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• ½ cup milk or shot of whisky & lemon juice
• ¼ lb butter
• 3-4 apples
• 2 ¼ cup sugar
• ¼ cup tapioca or cream of wheat
• 7 egg whites
• 1 cup finely chopped nuts
• 3 cups flour

Instructions

• Mix and cream 1 cup shortening, ¼ lb butter and ½ cup sugar. Add 3 egg yolks, mix. Add 3 cups of flour and ½ cup of milk (it is better to use instead of milk, a shot of whisky and lemon juice). Mix and knead the dough lightly by hand, the roll out of a floured board.
• Peel and cut 3 to 4 apples. Prepare mixture of ¼ cup of tapioca and or cream of wheat and ¾ cup sugar and cinnamon- making 1 cup. Put part of dough in the pan, fill it with the apples and the mixture and make a cover with the rest of the dough. 
• Beat until thick, 4 egg whites, 1 cup sugar and stir in a cup of finely chopped nuts. Put meringue on top of the Apple Pita. Bake at 400° for 45-60 minutes. 
  

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