This crumb topping for apple pie adds a delicious crunch. You can add walnuts and raisins to this pie to make it even dreamier!
Ingredients
- apples: 6 cups (thinly sliced)
- lemon juice: 1 Tbsp (optional)
- white sugar: 0.75 cup
- all-purpose flour: 2 Tbsp
- ground cinnamon: 0.5 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.125 tsp
- raisins: 0.5 cup (optional)
- walnuts: 0.5 cup (chopped, optional)
- pie shell: 1 piece (9 inch)
- all-purpose flour: 0.5 cup
- packed brown sugar: 0.5 cup
- butter: 3 Tbsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
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Place sliced apples in a large bowl; sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix white sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a small bowl; sprinkle mixture over apples and toss until evenly coated. Stir in raisins and walnuts; transfer mixture into pie shell.
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Mix 1/2 cup flour and brown sugar together in a small bowl. Blend in butter with a fork until mixture is crumbly; sprinkle over apple filling. Cover top of pie loosely with aluminum foil.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake until top is golden brown and filling is bubbly, about 25 to 30 minutes more. Cool on a wire rack before serving.
