APPLE PIE WITH WALNUT STREUSEL TOPPING

By curly

Ingredients

• STREUSEL
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsps cinnamon
• 2 tsps grated nutmeg
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
• PIE
• 18 Granny Smith apples peeled, cored and sliced
• 1-1/4 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 tsps cinnamon
• 2 (9-inch) unbaked pie shells
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 2 eggs

Preparation

Step 1

Streusel: Cut butter into flour and add cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and walnuts. Mix well. Refrigerate until needed.

Pie: Combine apples with sugar, flour and cinnamon. Toss well and divide between 2 pie shells. Mix cream and eggs and pour evenly over apples in pie shells.

Bake at 375 degrees until crust is lightly browned and filling is bubbling, about 2 hours.

Remove from oven. Divide Streusel between each pie, sprinkling over top and building to dome in center.

Return to oven and bake until crust is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with fork, about 30 minutes. Serve warm or cold