Confused Apple Dessert

For TGives I usually make a dessert and its usually something with apple or pumpkin. This year I chose to make an Apple Crumb Pie. This is basically an apple crumble in a pie. To be honest, I don't know where I found this recipe, I think I just googled "apple crumb pie" and chose the first link that looked look and legit. This pie turned out very good and was even better with some ice cream on the side but why wouldn't you have the ice cream on the side in the first place? BTW, I did not do step by step pics because TGives was a blur and I didn't even think about doing step by step pics until after the fact. Lets get going....

So I used Fiji apples because I read a couple of articles and they said that Fiji apples give the best flavor and texture when you cook/bake with them and since I had no effing idea I listened to the bullshit articles I found when I googled "whats the best apple to bake with." Also, I used frozen pie crust because 1- I'm too lazy to actually make pie crust and 2- I wouldn't test out making pie crust for the first time on Thanksgiving.


If you're using frozen pie crust, take one of the shells and place it in the fridge so it thaws a little. You don't have to do this for too long but just do it for good measure like before you start everything.

Let's talk about the filling. Start with dicing up 5-6 peeled, Fiji apples. Place the apples in a bowl and add brown sugar, a little flour, cinnamon, allspice, pure vanilla extract and lemon juice. Mix all of this together. It will look dry but do your best at making sure all of the apple chunks are even coated with everything. Let the filling chill for like 10-15 minutes so everything melts together.

Now the topping. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Melt and cool 1 stick of butter. After it is fairly cool, pour it into the dry ingredients of the topping. Mix all of this together and break it up into little pieces. I actually just left it in big hunks and broke it up over the pie.

So lets put it all together. Take the pie crust out of the fridge and pour in the apple mixture and even it out so its all about the same level. Now take the topping and break it over the apple pie and basically cover 90% of the apple mixture or cover it all, up to you. Either way, you probably won't use all of the topping. Cover loosely with foil and pop this into a preheated oven that's set at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, reduce the heat to 375 degrees and continue to cook for 35 minutes.


Apple Crumb Pie

Ingredients:
Filling--
5-6 large, peeled Fiji apples
1/2 cups of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of flour
1 3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of allspice
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
1/2 to 1 tablespoon of lemon juice

Topping--
1 1/4 cups of flour
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick of melted, cooled butter

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare dry ingredients for the filling in a large bowl. Peel and dice the apples into small pieces. Transfer apples to the dry ingredients and then top with vanilla and lemon juice. Toss to coat the apples and set aside for 10-15 minutes.

For the topping, combine all of the dry ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl. Pour cooled melted butter into bowl. Toss and cut until small to medium sized chunks are formed. Break up the larger chunks, if needed.

Put filling thawed piecrust and then sprinkle crumb topping over the entire pie/apple mixture.

Cover pie loosely with foil. Bake at 425 degrees 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 degrees and continue baking for an additional 35 minutes. Cool and serve with ice cream.

This was a great TGives dessert and I would def make this again. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Peace out,
Liz