Apple Crumb Pie (zwt Midwestern Region)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 cups tart apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/3 cup butter (cold)
• 1 pie crust, unbaked

Recipe

• 1 place apple slices in large bowl, mix with sugars, spices and flour.
• 2 pour apple mixture into a pastry-lined 9-inch pie pan.
• 3 mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 3/4 cup flour; cut in butter till crumbly. sprinkle over apples in pan.
• 4 bake in 400 degree oven for 40-50 minutes.
• 5 (watch for excess browning; may need to cover with foil near the end of baking time.).
• 6 variation:.
• 7 spread double pie crust recipe across a cookie sheet or other long shallow baking pan.
• 8 spread apple mixture on the pastry-lined pan.
• 9 double the topping mixture and spread across apples.
• 10 bake as directed above.
• 11 (this version lends itself to providing smaller pieces to a large crowd).