

Place the pie on a baking sheet to catch any drips, and bake at 425☏ for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350☏ and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Spread this mixture evenly over the top of the apples. To make the topping: Cut the butter up with a knife a bit, then mix it into the flour and sugar with your hands or a fork until everything is mixed together but still a little lumpy. Transfer the dough to the pan, and flute the edges. Roll the dough until it's 2" larger in diameter than the top edge of the pie pan. To make the filling: Mix the apples with the flour, sugar and spices. While the dough is chilling, make the filling. Wrap and chill the dough for half an hour before rolling it out. When the dough starts to hold together a bit gather it with your hands and form it into a ball. Once you start to add the ice water, over-handling will make the crust tough, so try to keep handling to a minimum. The water should be ice cold and added gradually, mixing a little with a fork after each addition. Using two knives or a pastry cutter, work in the shortening until lumps the size of peas remain. Place your pie on a sheet pan and cover with foil, Bake in the 400 degree oven 30 mins then reduce the temp to 350 and remove he foil and continue cooking another 25-30 mins.To make the crust: Place the flour and salt in a large bowl. For the crumb topping: 300 g Plain flour (2 + cups) 175 g Soft light brown sugar ( cup + 2 tablespoons) 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon 200 g Vegan margarine, cold.The juices in the fruit layer need time to settle, and the crust will turn even more firm and crackly with time. Once the crisp is ready, do yourself a favor and let it cool for at least 15 minutes before digging in. Microwave 1 stick (4oz) of butter in a bowl for 20 seconds on high. Your crisp is done when the topping is sandy, dry, and firm to the touch, without any mushy spots. Add ½ cup brown sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, and teaspoon salt. For crumb topping, cut butter with a pastry cutter and mix with½ cup flour, add brown sugar, oats and salt. Start with one cup of AP flour in a large mixing bowl. Add lemon juice, sugar, flour and ¼ teaspoon salt, mix well and set aside. Transfer your apple mixture to large pan on the stove top and cook your mixture 5-7 mins until the apples just soften and the sugars and flour begin to thicken, then pour into your pie crust and scatter the top with your crumb mixture. Preheat oven to 375° and place a cookie sheet on the bottom rack for any overflow.Bake on a rimmed sheet pan (to catch drips) for about 1 hour or until golden brown and bubbling.


Spoon crumb topping evenly over the apples (it may seem like a lot). Its a sweet one your family and friends will love. Shape the half your using into a disc and roll it out on a well floured work surface and then use your rolling pin to careful lay it into your greased pie dish. A tart apple pie with a sweet, crumb topping and cinnamon apples. Mix sugar, corn starch and cinnamon in large bowl. Add melted butter and stir until mixture resembles coarse meal. Cut your pastry dough in half, and reserve (freeze) the rest for another pie. For crumb topping, mix flour, oats and brown sugar in medium bowl.Then you simply press the mix into the pie pan. The crust comes together by mixing flour, sugar, salt, olive oil, and milk. In a separate bowl add all your crumb topping ingredients and using a pastry blender or fork incorporate the butter into the sugars and flour and spices, set aside. I love how easy Dutch Apple Pie is to make.Add the lemon and zest and toss, then add in your sugar, salt, flour, vanilla and spices and mix well to combine.Slice apples into even slices and add to a large mixing bowl. Peel your apples, then cut into fourths around the core.Preheat your oven to 400 degrees, grease your pie plate.Dump the dough into plastic wrap and shape into a disc and refrigerate while you prepare your filling. Sprinkle the crumble mixture all over the top of the pie. Using a large fork, combine the flour mixture with the butter until it looks crumbly. Then, with the motor running stream in 1/4 cup-1/2 cup cold ice water just until the dough pulls away from the edges. Making sure you spread it out and all the apple pieces are lying flat. If its too dry the topping will look like dust and too buttery, the crumble will become. Add the flour, sugar and salt to the bowl and pulse to combine, then add in your cold cubed butter and give a few more whirls til you get a consistency like peas. The crumble topping- This is what makes a crumb pie in my opinion. Prepare your pie crust in the bowl of a food processor.
