Apple Crunch Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 refrigerated ready-made pie crust
• 1/2 cup flour, plus
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup cold butter, cut in small pieces
• 7 medium tart apples, such as granny smith
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°.
• 2 line 9" pie plate with pie crust and flute edges.
• 3 mix all dry topping ingredients together and cut in butter until mixture forms coarse crumbs.
• 4 for filling, peel, core and slice apples 1/8" thick.
• 5 toss with lemon juice to coat.
• 6 mix remaining ingredients together and sprinkle over apple slices, tossing to coat.
• 7 layer apple slices in pie shell mounding them higher in center.
• 8 pat topping evenly over apples to form a top crust.
• 9 place pie on a baking sheet to catch any drips.
• 10 bake for 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350° and bake for 45 minutes more.
• 11 if topping browns too quickly, place a piece of foil over pie.
• 12 cool pie completely on a wire rack before serving.