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old fashioned apple pie with french crumb topping

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
NIKKI SMITH
HEMET, CA

I love old fashion apple pie. My mother made the best but i dont remember all the ingredient because she alway keep out one ingredient so that we had to aask her for it.. Very sneaky.. I love it..I like my pie ale mode, nice creamy vanilla ice cream on top..Yummy !!!

(2 ratings)
yield 1 pie
prep time 20 Min
cook time 55 Min

Ingredients For old fashioned apple pie with french crumb topping

  • PIE FILLING
  • 7 c
    7 c. sliced, peeled mcintosh or good cooking apples (about 7)
  • 1/2 c
    packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 Tbsp
    nutmeg
  • dash of ground cloves
  • 1 Tbsp
    lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1 Tbsp
    cornstarch or flour
  • 3 Tbsp
    finely ground nuts (optional)
  • 1
    unbaked pastry shell
  • CRUMB TOPPING #1
  • 1/3 c
    butter
  • 1/3 c
    brown sugar
  • 3/4 c
    flour
  • 1/2 c
    chopped nuts (optional)
  • CRUMB TOPPING #2
  • 2 Tbsp
    flour
  • 1/4 c
    brown sugar
  • 1/4 c
    chopped nuts
  • 3 Tbsp
    dark corn syrup
  • 2 Tbsp
    butter, softened

How To Make old fashioned apple pie with french crumb topping

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In large bowl, combine sugar and cornstarch (or flour). Mix together with apples, brown sugar, spices, and lemon juice. Sprinkle wafers or nuts on bottom of pie shell. (This keeps crust from becoming soggy.) Spoon apple mixture into pie shell.
  • 2
    Make French Crumb Topping by mixing 1/3 cup butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar together. Cut in 3/4 cup flour. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle topping over apples in pie plate. Bake for 50 minutes or until topping is golden and apples are tender
  • 3
    NOTE: If you prefer to use conventional top crust, brush unbaked top crust with egg yolk and 1 tablespoon cream mixed together. Dust with sifted powdered sugar when pie comes out of oven. Or use the following topping on top of the crust before baking.
  • 4
    Mix all ingredients together and spread over unbaked top crust. Bake for about 50 minutes.
  • 5
    TIP: For a lovely taste thrill, mix 3 or 4 teaspoons of cinnamon into 1 quart softened vanilla ice cream. Refreeze. Serve a scoop of the cinnamon ice cream on warm apple-pie slices.

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