Apple Crumb Pie

This week I'm making Apple Crumb Pie for my new recipe. I hate to admit that I've never actually made an apple pie. I will one day soon try one with a classic pie crust on top.

The recipe came from The Better Homes and Gardens book from my other post.

I used frozen pie crust to save time, and decided to do a crumb topping so I could avoid making the crust at all this time..I'll save that for a day that's not before finals week.

I used apples, lemon juice, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cranberries.

I peeled, cored, and sliced the apples. The slicer/corer is great, it makes having apples as a snack easier, too.

Then I sliced the pieces in 1/2 to make them a little thinner. 

I measured out about 5 cups of apples (I ran out of apples, the recipe calls for 6 but my pie was very full anyway) and then I tossed them in a splash of lemon juice, I think it said 1 Tablespoon in the book.

Next, I combined the 3/4 C of sugar and 2 TBS flour, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1/8 tsp nutmeg.

Then I added the sugar mixture to the apples...

Then I tossed in some cranberries...

And added the filling to my pie crust.

Now for the crumb topping...mine was very fine and I think if I would have used a pastry mixer..whatever that is...I would have had better crumble sizes. I improvised and used the food processor and pulsed the mix.

First I mixed together the 1/2 C of flour and 1/2 C of brown sugar..

Then the 3 TBS of butter to make the clumps. Mine got mixed too much and ended up with no clumps...

Then I added the crumbs to the top and put it in the 375 degree oven for an hour. Oh yeah...we have a new oven! We switched from electric to gas.

A little while, and several stories with Aidan later, I had Apple Crumb Pie...

I think it would have been a little more satisfying if it had hand-made crust and was traditional apple pie, but it's good. It falls apart when I try to slice it though, a fork is the best way to get all of it out for a serving...a very messy serving but just as tasty.

Now I have to go decide if I want to keep studying for finals or go to the hardware store and get ready for my vegetable planting...and do this while Aidan agrees with me..or I might just make the rest of today a lazy day and re-energize for the finals coming up, and St. Patty's Day (not that I'm celebrating much), and Luis' birthday all in this week...it's going to be busy, but fun (after finals are over at least)!