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["Preheat Oven to 375 Degrees F --Dissolve yeast in warm water (set aside to proof)", "Place sugar and a pinch of salt in large mixing bowl, set it aside", "Put milk and shortening in sauce pan and heat gently till shortening melts then add it to mixing bowl containing sugar and salt, also add beaten egg and yeast mixture stir.", "Stir in first one cup of flour and then the other (if you have a hand beater with dough hooks go ahead and make it easy on yourself, let it twist your dough until soft but elastic, sprinkle more flour if necessary, same goes with a stand mixer, let the hook work it till soft and elastic, sprinkle more flour if necessary to achieve correct texture , if doing so by hand turn dough out onto floured surface and knead until soft and elastic ) If using beater center the dough ball in the bottom of bowl, sprinkle lightly with flour and cover to let rise till double (I do not grease the ball in this recipe ) If kneading by hand do not overdo it, sprinkle ball with flour, return to bowl and cover to rise till doubled ( as much as an hour )", "When dough has risen lightly push the air out of it, prepare a 1/2 sheet with a heavy dusting of flour, using a bowl scraper or other suitable utensil drop your dough-ball into the center of the sheet pan and if not already flour the top of it and push the dough end to end and side to side to spread the dough as evenly as you can to the edges of the sheet (If you have sufficiently floured the sheet this should be easy, don't worry about excess flour on the sheet, it's a fact of life ) Open your can of apple pie filling and spread it in a stripe down the center 1/3 of the dough lengthwise end to end", "Carefully lift one side edge of the dough and bring it toward the center and lay it down jus covering the filling and then repeat the same with the other edge bringing it over and down to the sheet, work your ends to seal without making too much unfilled pastry(If you use a brush when spreading the filling you can paint it to the ends so there isn't any piece short of filling flavor) and pinch the ends, poke a few small holes down the center.", "Bake in preheated 375 degree oven opening the oven and brushing the pastry with melted butter after 20 minutes then resuming baking time for a total of 30 minutes or until golden and done.", "Remove from oven and carefully slip from sheet onto rack to cool, slide a thin spatula under if stuck in a spot and drape moist paper towel over the top to ""finish"" the texture (soften the crust ) remove towels when steam ceases, After a few minutes sprinkle generously with confection sugar to top it all off.", "Enjoy ! It's a crowd Pleaser ! So much better than pie."]
