Apple Crumb Pie

We all thought a double crust apple pie was good. What about an apple crumb pie, though? An apple crumb pie is every child's, and adults, dream. The crumbs are just delicious balls of sugar and butter. Granted flour too, but who cares about that. It's the sugar that satisfies our taste buds, and the butter that leaves us with a warm melt in your mouth feeling. 

For this pie, I still used my No Fail Pie Crust even though it left me with half a ball of dough. With Thanksgiving coming up, though, I don't really care and I could also always use it some other time, but for now it will be turned into a pumpkin pie. Make sure you keep it in your fridge if you're not going to use it the same day or aren't going to make a double crust pie, or a lattice pie. Just know, you will have left over dough when making a crumb pie. 

The apples I used for this pie were Granny Smith apples. They were superb! Out of the apples I have used they are my favorite, and Granny Smith apples are my favorite kind of apples anyway. 

I have no tips or pieces of advice for this pie. Except maybe to have patience when making your crumbs. It is a little tricky.

Recipe for Crust
3 cups flour
1 1\2 cups butter
1 teaspoon salt

1 egg
6 Tablespoons water
1 Tablespoon vinegar 

Directions
Combine first three ingredients. Beat next three ingredients, and pour
into flour mixture. Mix well.

Recipe for Crumbs
1\2 cup flour
1\2 sugar
3 Tablespoons butter ( you may need more)

Directions
1. In a medium bowl, stir together all-purpose flour and brown sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Recipe for Apple Crumb Pie
Prep Time 30 minutes
Bake 1 hour
Oven 375 F
Serves 8


1 recipe no fail pie crust 
6 cups thinly sliced, peeled apples ( Any apples are good, but Granny Smith is delicious.)
1 teaspoon lemon juice ( This is optional. I did it for my apple crumb pie, and it tasted good. It helped with making the apples taste tart as well as sweet.)
3\4 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons flour
1\2 teaspoon cinnamon
1\2 teaspoon nutmeg
Crumb topping ( Recipe above.) 

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375. Make crust, and split into two halves. Unroll one half into a 9 inch pie plate. 

2. If desired, sprinkle apples with lemon juice. In a large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add apple slices; gently toss until coated.

3. Transfer apple mixture to the pie crust lined pie plate. Sprinkle with crumb topping and crimp edges as desired. To prevent over browning  cover edge of pie with foil. Bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil. Bake for 20 minutes more or until apples are tender and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. To serve warm, let pie cool at least 2 hours.

And, As I Always Love to Say... Enjoy