Name: Crumbly Apple Pie
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 1 "9 inch pie"
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/3 cup chilled Crisco; 1/4 cup ice water; 7 medium granny smith apples, peeled,cored and very thinly sliced; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/3 cup chilled butter, cut into pieces

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Recipe by MMers

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The buttery brown sugar topping is a great variation on this classic apple pie! Best of all, the steam from the baking apples isn't held in by a top crust...apples are tender, not mushy and bottom crust isn't soggy!

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ingredients

Crust
1 cup all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₃ cup chilled Crisco
¹⁄₄ cup ice water
Filling
7 medium granny smith apples, peeled,cored and very thinly sliced
¹⁄₂ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
Topping
³⁄₄ cup firmly packed brown sugar
³⁄₄ cup all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¹⁄₃ cup chilled butter, cut into pieces

directions

To prepare crust, in a medium bowl, whisk together flour and salt.
Using a pastry blender, cut shortening into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork, until a dough forms.
Shape into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
Place oven rack in lowest position.
Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
On a floured surface, roll dough into a 12 inch circle.
Fit into a 9 inch pie pan, Trim excess dough, leaving a 1 inch overhang.
Make a decorative edge.
To prepare filling, mix together all ingredients.
Spoon into crust.
To prepare topping, in a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, flour and nutmeg.
Using a pastry blender, cut butter into brown sugar mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Sprinkle evenly over apples.
Bake pie until topping is lightly browned and filling is bubbly, approximately 35 minutes.
If pie is getting too brown, cover loosely with tin foil.

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"The buttery brown sugar topping is a great variation on this classic apple pie! Best of all, the steam from the baking apples isn't held in by a top crust...apples are tender, not mushy and bottom crust isn't soggy!"

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review by Snowgal

10/7/2007

I used a ready-made crust. For the fillings, I used a mix of golden delicious and red apples. I also reduced the sugar to about 1/3 cup for the topping after reading several reviews here. The pie is delicious but the topping was still way too sweet and too much.

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review by Clutz

10/25/2006

I gave it 4 stars because the filling is fantastic but the topping is way to sweet. Next time i would add less sugar for the topping and mske less of it as well. Maybe also add a tbsp of flour in the filling. I found it a little too runny. But overall the taste was good and easy to make

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10/4/2006

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review by CoOkAdDiCt

10/3/2006

Im not a big fan of pies.... but tasting this one made me scream with delight~ thanks for a good recipe and thanks for a recipe I will always use! especially when guests come over. You were right everything crispy not a bit soggy at all... 5 stars...its really worth it! thanks again M&mers!

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review by Just Mandy

3/29/2006

Wow, I can't believe I forgot to review this! This pie is fantastic, I've never made a pie and was able to follow these directiond very well. My friends were uber impressed that I have made the crust and YUM!! The crust is easy, the apples the perfect amount of sweet and tender and the crumbles are awesome. It looked like too much tome when I piled it on the pie but baked down to a great crunchy sweet top layer!

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