Ingredients

• For the pie crust
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, left in a stick and frozen rock solid
  
• 2 ¹/₂ cups unbleached all purpose flour
  
• ¹/₄ teaspoon finely ground salt
  
• ³/₄ cup Spectrum Non-Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
  
• 6 tablespoons ice cold water (up to 10, if needed)
  
• 1 egg white, for glazing the crust, beaten with a tablespoon of water
  

• For the filling
• 2 ¹/₄ cups well spiced apple butter, homemade or bought at the farmers market
  
• 3 large eggs, plus the yolk from above
  
• ¹/₂ cup brown sugar