Pie Recipes
Free-Style Apple Pie
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
Crumb Topping
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)
Pie
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 cups sliced, peeled apples
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 refrigerated prepared pie crust for 9-inch pie
Instructions
Crumb Topping
- In a small bowl combine flour and brown sugar. With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter just until coarse crumbs form. If desired, stir in nuts.
Pie
- Prepare crumb topping; set aside.
- In large bowl combine sugar, corn starch and cinnamon.
- Add apples and lemon juice; toss to coat.
- Unfold crust; place on foil lined cookie sheet. Spoon apples into center of crust, leaving 2 inch edge. Sprinkle crumb topping over apples. Fold up edge of crust, pinching at 2 inch intervals.
- Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes.
- Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F, and bake 35 minutes longer or until apples are tender.