Crunchy Crumb Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 1 pie crust

Crunchy Crumb Topping

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup cold butter, cut in small pieces
• 1/2 cup quick-cooking rolled oats (optional)

Filling

• 7 tart apples, medium to large (about 3 1/4 lb)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

1. 1

   Have a 9-in pie shell in a pie plate and on a baking sheet.

2. 2

   Place oven rack in the lowest position in the oven.

3. 3

   Heat oven to 450°F.

4. 4

   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.

5. 5

   Filling: Peel, halve and core apples. Cut in 1/8-in.-thick slices.

6. 6

   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.

7. 7

   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.

8. 8

   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.