My Very Favorite Apple Crumb Pie |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is my all-time favorite recipe for apple pie. The crumb topping is so delicious and the apple filling flavor is just right. You will need a deep dish pie pan for this. The crumb topping will seem like a lot when you're putting it on but it turns out wonderful when baked. I bake my pie on a cookie sheet, lined with aluminum foil. You can use your favorite pie crust for this or try My No Roll Pie Crust , one of my favorites for one-crust pies. Ingredients:
1 unbaked deep-dish pie pastry (9 inch) |
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar |
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
ground cloves, pinch |
3/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces and chilled |
6 (2 3/4 lb) gala apples (peeled, cored and cut into 1/2 inch dices) or 6 (2 3/4 lb) golden delicious apples (peeled, cored and cut into 1/2 inch dices) |
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar |
1/4 cup all-purpose flour |
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
ground cloves, pinch |
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar (optional) |
Directions:
1. Arrange a rack in the lowest slot of your oven.
2. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
3. Prepare pie crust and fit into a 9-inch deep dish pie plate.
4. Refrigerate until you are ready to add filling.
5. For crumb topping, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and cloves in bowl.
6. With pastry blender or your fingertips, cut in butter until crumbly.
7. For filling, in a large bowl, toss together apples, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and cloves.
8. Spoon filling into pie shell, mounding slightly in the center.
9. Top filling with crumb topping.
10. Place on foil-lined baking sheet.
11. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
12. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F; bake 30 minutes more, or until fruit is tender.
13. Loosely tent pie with aluminum foil during last 20 minutes of baking.
14. Let the pie cool for at least 1 1/2 hours.
15. This pie can be made a day ahead.
16. Cover pie and store at room temperature.
17. To serve, dust with confectioners' sugar, if desired.
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