Crumb Topped Apple Pie

By Addie

This pie is absolutely delicious! If you’re a beginner, use a store-bought pie crust to get a head start. You’ll still get a bushel of compliments. —Virginia Olson, West Des Moines, Iowa (Taste of Home)

Ingredients

• CRUST:
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup cold water
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• FILLING:
• 5 large tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 5 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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• TOPPING:
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cold butter

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in the shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until easy to handle.

Roll out pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edges.

For filling, place apples in crust. Combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples.

For topping, combine flour and sugar in a small bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°; bake 50-60 minutes longer or until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 8 servings.
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REVIEWS:

We love this apple pie! I make it over and over again and everyone loves it.

My boyfriend really liked this apple pie; however, it was a little sweet for me. I think the next time I may cut down on the amount of sugar in the topping.

This is a fantastic pie! It is very sweet, so as other reviewers have written, use tart apples. I made this pie following the recipe exactly and my family loved it.

My daughter's friends and teacher loved this pie. I thought it a bit too sweet but that's just me. I did have a problem with the crust browning too quickly so next time I'll reduce the initial cooking temp. Think it is a problem with my oven though.

Such a simple recipe, such delicious results! This is the best apple pie I've had. A couple of hints:Make sure you use tart apples - Granny Smiths do really well in this recipe. Mound the apples up in your crust. It will sink down when it cooks in the oven. It also helps to put a piece of foil beneath the pie in the oven to avoid bubble over in your oven!

WONDERFUL recipe!! I made this for a church dinner, and literally five minutes after placing it on the table, it was gone!! I got sooo many compliments! Thank you for a phenomenal apple pie recipe!

This makes the best Apple Pie!!! The crust recipe alone is worth it and I will be using this crust recipe for other pies I make!

This apple pie is award winning. I made this pie for Thanksgiving and I never got so many compliments. Quite a few people told me this was the best Apple Pie they ever had. I will definitely make again!

I made this for a pot luck and everyone raved over it. I'm making two for Thanksgiving this year!

Everyone raved about this pie and all wanted the recipe. So simple and so good. Definitely use a tart apple.

I bought five large Granny Smith apples and they were enough for two pies. My nine-year-old niece, who says she doesn't like apple pie, couldn't get enough of this. She insists we MUST have it for Thanksgiving dinner. The crumb topping is a real treat.


I've made this pie several times and it always gets rave reviews!

Everything an apple pie should be, my family loves it. Perfect balance of sweetness & apples. Used Macoun apples. All Raves

My family all loved this recipe and have asked me often to make it again. I actually think it's a bit too sweet...just me though.

This was my first attempt to make apple pie from scratch. My family LOVED LOVED LOVED this recipe. It will be a staple in our holiday traditions. It replaces a dull regular apple pie and puts it over the top in our household.

My daughter found this recipe, and has made it numerous times for family gatherings. It is VERY GOOD!! Better than just a normal apple pie!! Thanks to my daughter our family will be enjoying this recipe again!!

This pie has gone over VERY well in our family!!

I make standard apple pies all the time but I thought i'd try something a little different. This was delicious and my husband and toddler loved it. I used a store bought pie crust because I just won't make one when the store bought ones work wonderfully. I did use apple pie spice along with the cinnamon because I like it that way but otherwise I followed the instructions exactly. I only needed 4 large apples. I will be making this again soon and its going into my "regularly used" recipe book

Made this pie yesterday. We are definitely enjoying it, and will be making it again. I made the pie exactly like the recipe.

I've never made an apple pie before and have always wanted to. The first time I came across this recipe in the magazine I knew I wanted to make this pie. I just wanted to wait for the right time. So yesterday we had our first cold snap and I had a huge basket of apples and felt I had my opportunity. I was nervous about making the pie crust because me and pie crusts don't get along. Usually I opt for the Pillsbury dough boy. So I lovingly set about to make this pie. It is the best pie ever. I can't say that enough. The pie crust turned out perfectly. I did substitute butter for the shortening in the pie crust since I didn't have any. I was so proud of my achievement in my first apple pie. My picky husband loved it. I will definitely be making this again. So thank you Mrs.Olson for this wonderful pie recipe. It really is a gift.

Easy to follow recipe! My hubby loved it. I've already shared the recipe with my sister in law and plan to share with others. Delicious! And yes, I made the crust from scratch...easy and worth it!

We loved this recipe and I will definitely make it again.

This is a great recipe and is very easy to follow. I love the crumb topping. No wonder she makes so many over the holidays!! The only thing I did differently was add some lemon juice to the apples. This is what my dad always did and I love slight tang that it gives to the apples. I will be making this recipe many times over the holidays!

This was the first apple pie I made completely from scratch (no store-bought crust). It was very easy and delicious!

I liked this but cut the apples to 4 instead of 5 because I think it would have overflowed. Maybe it was my oven, but I also would reduce the amount of topping if I make this again. The topping didn't brown evenly, and I ended up scraping some of it off. I did use prepared crust, so maybe that had something to do with it as well. It was still good.

I used my own pie crust but this recipe was super simple and my family loved it. I will definitely make this again.

I made this and it was absolutely delicious.My whole family loved it!

This is a fantastic recipe. The entire family loved it and the pie only lasted 2 evenings. This recipe is very similar to my grandmother's pie recipe. Making another one tomorrow. I did cheat and use a Pillsbury pie crust. You'd never know the difference.

This was my first homemade apple pie. Everyone loved it. I will definitely make this again.