Apple Crumb Pie

By crisscut

Ingredients

• 1 pre-packaged pie crust, unbaked
• 6 cups thinly sliced, peeled cooking apples (about 2 1/4 lbs)
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
• crumb topping (recipe below)

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 60mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Let piecrust stand at room temperature according to package directions. Unroll piecrust into a 9" pie plate. Ease piecrust into plate without stretching it. Crimp edge as desired.

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.

Transfer apple mixture to teh piecrust-lined pie plate. Sprinkle with crumb topping. To prevent overbrowning, 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.

CRUMB TOPPING:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 tbsp. butter

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