Best Crunchy Crumb Apple Pie Recipes

CARAMEL APPLE PIE WITH CRUNCHY CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Combine flour, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon; spread into an ungreased 8-in. square baking pan.
• Bake at 400 F for 6-8 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool; crumble and set aside. Sprinkle apples with lemon juice. Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon; toss with apples.
• Place apples in pie shell.
• Cut a circle of foil to cover apples but not the edge of pastry; place over pie. Bake at 425 F for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 375 F; bake for 35 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with milk , stirring frequently.
• Remove foil from pie. Pour caramel mixture over apples.
• Sprinkle with topping; return to the oven for 5 minutes.
• Serve warm.

CRUNCHY CRUMB APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Have Ready a 9-in.
• pie plate and a baking sheet.
• Place oven rack in lowest position in oven.
• Heat oven to 450.
• Line pie plate with pie crust as package directs.
• Flute or crimp edge.
• TOPPING: Mix flour, sugars and cinnamon in medium bowl.
• Cut in butter (or rub in with fingertips) until mixture forms moist, coarse crumbs that clump together easily.
• FILLING: Peel, halve and core apples.
• Cut in 1/8 inch-thick slices (or with a slicing disk of a food processor).
• Place in a large bowl, add lemon juice and toss to coat.
• Mix remaining ingredients in a small bowl, sprinkle over appl slices and toss to coat.
• Layer apple slices in pie shell, mounding them higher in center.
• Pat topping evenly over apples to form a top crust.
• Place pie on the baking sheet to catch any drips.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temp to 350 and bake 45 minutes longer or until a skewer meets some resistance when center of pie is pierced (apples will continue cooking after pie is removed from oven) and topping is golden brown.
• (If topping browns too quickly, drape a piece of foil loosely over the pie).
• Cool completely on a wire rack before serving.

CRUNCHY CRUMB APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Have a 9-in pie shell in a pie plate and on a baking sheet.
• Place oven rack in the lowest position in the oven.
• Heat oven to 450°F.
• Topping: Mix flour, sugars and cinnamon in a medium bowl. cut in butter (or rub with fingertips) until mixture forms moist, coarse crumbs that clump together.
• Filling: Peel, halve and core apples. Cut in 1/8-in.-thick slices.
• place in a large bowl, add lemon juice and toss to coat. mix remaining ingredients in small bowl, sprinkle over apple slices and toss to coat.
• Layer apples slices in pie shell, mound them higher in the center. Pat topping evenly over apples to form a top crust. Plce pie on baking sheet to catch any drips.
• Bake 15 minutes. reduce oven temperature to 350 F and bake for 45 minutes longer or until skewwe meets some resistance when center of pie is pierced and topping is golden brown. Cool copletely on wire rack before seving.