My Mother's Apple Pie

Serve this one warm with... or without cheese. Yum!

6-8	apples
1	pie shell
3/4 cup	brown sugar
1/4 cup	hot water
1	egg
3/4 cup	graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup	pastry flour
1 tsp	cinnamon
1/4 tsp	freshly ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp	ground ginger
4 Tbsp	shortening, buttor or margarine

1. Line a 9" pie plate with a pastry of your choice or simply grease your pyrex plate.
2. My mother peeled 6-8 apples; I don't peel mine. Core, and cut into 8 sections lengthwise, and set them attractively into the unbaked pie shell, or no shell.
3. Mix together 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup hot water.
4. Add the well beaten egg.
5. Pour this mixture over the apples.
6. Mix together 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup pastry flour, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. freshly ground nutmeg, 1/8 tsp. ground ginger, and 4 T. shortening, butter or margarine. Sprinkle over the apples.
7. Bake in a 450'F oven until it starts to brown, approximately 20 minutes.
8. Reduce heat to 325'F and continue baking another 20 minutes.
9. Serve warm with or without cheese.