Apple crumble pie

I had some oldish Golden Delicious apples, and this pie was just the place for them.

Ingredients
crust (9-10 inch):
0.5 cup oil
0.25 cup milk
0.5 tsp salt
1.5 cup flour

filling:
4 cups of peeled, cored and sliced apples
0.5 cup flour
0.25 cup white sugar
0.25 cup brown sugar
0.75 tsp cinnamon
0.25 cup ground walnuts

crumb topping:
1/3 cup sugar
0.75 cup flour
6 tbsp butter

Preparation
Measure the crust ingredients directly into the pie shape. Mix and press into the shape.

Mix the apples with the flour, sugar and cinnamon mixture to coat the slices.

Pour them into the pie crust. Dust with the ground walnuts.

To prepare the crumb topping, mix the sugar and the flour, and cut the butter into it, until crumbly. Distribute on top of the pie.

Bake in a 350F preheated oven for 75 minutes, or until the apples are not crunchy anymore, when you insert a fork into the pie.

Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream! The brown sugar makes a caramel sauce between the apple slices, and the walnuts give this pie a very unique, delicious taste. I use ground walnuts, because I don't like the chunkiness of chopped walnuts. Grinding the nuts makes them blend in well with the apples and the top crust, and you get that perfect situation, where the flavors combine to create something better, without individual tastes 'sticking out'. Try it!

You can of course make this in more 'complicated' pie crusts, but this one is very simple and still makes a good pie crust.

Comments

  1. I love crumbs. Is there anything you don't serve with whipped cream? ;-)

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  2. Chocolate...I don't serve chocolate :-)
    I should really work on developing cinnamon flavored whipped cream.

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  3. well... you make the chocolate stone with cream..

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