Tasty Crumb Top Apple Pie

This tasty treat is a hybrid between apple pie and apple crisp.  You start with a pie crust and pie filling, and then top the apples with a brown sugar crumb topping.  It is best served warm with ice cream or whipped cream.  Enjoy!

Step 1 Start the Crust

The crust is the most important part of any pie.  There are a lot of recipes that say they are "perfect" or "no-fail".  But, I'm going to share  my secret recipe.  It was given to me by an elderly woman who lived across the street from me.  She has since passed away.     Here's what you need:

1 cup all purpose flour
½  teaspoon. salt
1/2 cup shortening
2 tablespoons ice water

You want to use a bowl that is kind of  wide with a flat bottom.  Mix the flour and salt together.  Then blend in the shortening.  The ideal tool for this is a pastry cutter, but if you don't have one (you should really go get one if you want to make pie often) use two butter knives and "cut" the shortening into the flour.  Keep mashing or cutting until it starts looking like cornmeal.  You will have some larger chunks, so don't take all day trying to get them all tiny.

Comments

[jlloyd4]

Looks super yummy! I'll be making it for Christmas dinner. Thanks for sharing!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Gosh that looks tasty! Love apple pie!