APPLE PIE WITH PECAN CRUMB TOPPING

By curly

Ingredients

• Crumb topping:
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light-brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 stick unsalted butter, cut in pats
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 refrigerated single ready-rolled piecrust
• 3 pounds Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare topping: Combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and ginger in small bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender until coarsely crumbled. Stir in pecans.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Fit crust into 9-inch pie plate; crimp edges. Place on foil-lined baking sheet.

Combine apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon juice in large bowl. Spoon into prepared pastry shell, pressing down to compact and rounding off top. Sprinkle topping over pie.

Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake 45 minutes or until apples are tender in middle when pierced with a skewer. (If top browns too quickly, cover loosely with foil)

Transfer pie to wire rack to cool at least 45 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.