Cinnamon Apple Crumb Pie

Pie Crust Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup chilled butter
• 1/2 cup water

Pie Filling Ingredients

• 7 medium apples (I like the tartness of granny smith)
• 1/2 cup sugar (I do 1/4 cup brown and 1/4 cup granulated)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Lemon juice (optional)

Crumb Topping Ingredients

• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/3 cup chilled butter
• I sometimes add a handful of oats or nuts as well

Step 1: Make Pie Crust

Pie Crust Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup chilled butter
• 1/2 cup water

Pie Crust Recipe

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Mix together flour and salt
• Cut butter into mixture until coarse crumbs form
• Add water 1 tablespoon at a time and continue to knead until dough forms
• Do not over work the dough.  Once a ball forms let it chill in the fridge for 30 minutes
• Roll out dough into a circle and place in pie pan.  Cut excess dough off from around the edges.  Pie border techniques can be found here.
• Blind bake  for 8-10 minutes by lining the pie tin with parchment or foil and weighing down with dried beans or rice (see example here)
• This pie is usually fine if you put the filling into a raw pie crust and bake if you put foil around the edges of the pie pan.

Step 2: Make Apple Filling

Pie Filling Ingredients

• 7 medium apples (I like the tartness of granny smith)
• 1/2 cup sugar (I do 1/4 cup brown and 1/4 cup granulated)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)

Pie Filling Recipe

• Peel, core and chop apples
• Combine all filling ingredients
• Let sit for 5 minutes and drain syrup from the bottom

Step 3: Make Crumb Topping

Crumb Topping Ingredients

• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/3 cup chilled butter
• I sometimes add a handful of oats or nuts as well

Crumb Topping Recipe

• Mix together all topping ingredients except for the butter
• Cut butter into crumb mixture and mix until coarse crumbs form (I use my hands for this).  Add more flour it mixture is too gooey.
• Add the crumb mixture on top of the apple filling

Step 4: Bake Pie

Bake pie for 40-45 minutes at 400 degrees, until apples are tender.