Apple Pie with Crumb Topping (Susan Pitcher)

By ctaubenheim

Ingredients

• 5 medium to large apples (I only use Granny Smith Apples), peel and cut up apples
• 3/4 cup sugar less 1 Tbsp.
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• dash of salt (I cut up 2 apples and very lightly sprinkle salt, then cut remaining apples and very lightly sprinkle with salt)
• 2 Tbsp butter or margarine (I use slightly less)
• CRUMB TOPPING
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup room temperature butter (I always use butter for the topping)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425.
Sift together sugar, flour, nutmeg and cinnamon over the cut up apples and mix well. Put apple mixture in a prepared pie shell. Use the 2 Tbsp of butter to "dot" the top of the apples.

CRUMB TOPPING: Mix sugar, flour and butter with a fork until the mixture is in crumbles. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the apples.