Best Apple Pie Topping Recipes

APPLE PIE WITH OATMEAL CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a sauce pan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add white sugar, brown sugar and water; bring to a boil. Reduce temperature, and simmer 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl mix sliced apples with nutmeg, ginger, cinnnamon, and vanilla extract (although for most everyone else the full tablespoon of cinnamon might be a lil much *my hubbys a cinnamon addict* x3 you can cut it down to 1/2 tablespoon)
• Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with your apples, mounded slightly. Pour sauce over apples.
• Bake for 30 mins at 400°F Now for the crumble topping.
• I actually ganked this crumble topping from ratherbeswimmin
• Remove pie from oven and lower temperature to 375°. Carefully pour the crumble mixture in the center of the pie, spreading them over the surface evenly. Bake for another 30-40 mins you may have to cover with aluminum foil the final 15 mins to prevent your topping from burning. So keep a close eye on your pie ^.^.

DEEP-DISH APPLE PIE WITH CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Mix 1 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt together in a large bowl. Rub egg yolks and cold butter into the flour mixture until it forms fine crumbs. Add water a little at a time just until dough starts to form and stick together. Wrap dough with plastic wrap and allow to rest in the refrigerator, about 30 minutes.
• Roll pie dough out on a well-floured surface and place in 9-inch deep-dish pie plate.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine apples, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, mulling spices, and pinch of salt in a large bowl; mix well to combine. Place apple mixture in prepared pie shell.
• Cream 1/2 cup softened butter and 1/2 cup sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer. Stir in 3/4 cup flour, oats, cinnamon, and pinch of salt. Sprinkle the topping mixture over the apples.
• Bake pie in the preheated oven until crust and topping are golden brown and filling begins to bubble, about 1 hour.

APPLE AND CHERRY PIE WITH OATMEAL CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the apples, cherries, walnuts, granulated sugar, orange juice, orange zest, 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg and cornstarch and toss well to combine.
• In a separate bowl, combine the oats, brown sugar, flour, remaining 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg. Blend the butter into the dry ingredients using your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Line a 9 or 10-inch deep baking dish with pie crust and pour in the fruit mixture. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the top and bake for 20 minutes. Lower the temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking until bubbly, apples are tender, the top is golden brown, and the pie crust is browned, 35 to 40 minutes longer. Remove from the oven and let rest at least 15 minutes. Serve warm, with vanilla ice cream on top.

CARAMEL APPLE PIE WITH CRUNCHY CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Combine flour, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon; spread into an ungreased 8-in. square baking pan.
• Bake at 400 F for 6-8 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool; crumble and set aside. Sprinkle apples with lemon juice. Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon; toss with apples.
• Place apples in pie shell.
• Cut a circle of foil to cover apples but not the edge of pastry; place over pie. Bake at 425 F for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 375 F; bake for 35 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with milk , stirring frequently.
• Remove foil from pie. Pour caramel mixture over apples.
• Sprinkle with topping; return to the oven for 5 minutes.
• Serve warm.

APPLE PIE WITH OATMEAL CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Cut Shortening into flour with a pastry blender or fork until well blended and particles are the size of small peas. Make a well in the center and pour in ice water. Toss together, being careful not to over work the dough. Shape into a flat disk and place on floured board. Roll out to about 2″ larger than inverted pie dish. Fold pastry in half and place in pie dish. Unfold and fit pastry to dish. Press firmly against bottom and sides. Crimp edges. For Pie: Heat oven to 375 degrees. Peel and slice apples thinly. Mix sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger in a large bowl. Add sliced apples and toss well with sugar mixture. Turn into pastry coated pie plate. For Crumb Topping: In a medium sized bowl, mix together the 1/2 cup of flour, 1 cup oatmeal, 1/2 cup brown sugar and the 1/3 cup of butter with a fork or pastry blender. Sprinkle crumb topping over the apples in pastry lined pie plate. Bake pie at 375 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. This recipe yields one 10″ pie.

APPLE PIE WITH OATMEAL CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Cut Shortening into flour with a pastry blender or fork until well blended and particles are the size of small peas. Make a well in the center and pour in ice water. Toss together, being careful not to over work the dough. Shape into a flat disk and place on floured board. Roll out to about 2″ larger than inverted pie dish. Fold pastry in half and place in pie dish. Unfold and fit pastry to dish. Press firmly against bottom and sides. Crimp edges.
• For Pie:.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Peel and slice apples thinly. Mix sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger in a large bowl. Add sliced apples and toss well with sugar mixture. Turn into pastry coated pie plate.
• For Crumb Topping:.
• In a medium sized bowl, mix together the 1/2 cup of flour, 1 cup oatmeal, 1/2 cup brown sugar and the 1/3 cup of butter with a fork or pastry blender.
• Sprinkle crumb topping over the apples in pastry lined pie plate.
• Bake pie at 375 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.
• This recipe yields one 10″ pie.

FRENCH APPLE PIE WITH STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Prepare crust: mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk oil and milk together in a separate bowl, then add to the dry mixture. Mix to combine and press into a 10-inch pie plate.
• Prepare filling: mix apples, sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Place on top of the unbaked crust.
• Prepare topping: Mix flour, brown sugar, and butter in a bowl with a fork until crumbles are formed. Sprinkle on top of apple filling
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is bubbly and topping is golden brown, about 1 hour.

HOMEMADE APPLE-PEAR PIE WITH STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 375°
• 2. FOR THE CRUST: BLEND flour and salt in medium mixing bowl. CUT chilled shortening into 1/2-inch cubes. Cut in chilled shortening cubes into flour mixture, using a pastry blender, in an up and down chopping motion, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some small pea-sized pieces remaining. SPRINKLE half the maximum recommended amount of ice cold water over the flour mixture. Using a fork, stir and draw flour from bottom of bowl to the top, distributing moisture evenly into flour. Press chunks down to bottom of bowl with fork. Add more water by the tablespoon, until dough is moist enough to hold together when pressed together. ROLL dough from center outward with steady pressure on a lightly floured work surface (or between two sheets of wax or parchment paper) into a circle 2-inches wider than pie plate for the bottom crust. Transfer dough to a pie plate coated with cooking spray by loosely rolling around rolling pin. Center the rolling pin over the pie plate, and then unroll, easing dough into pie plate. Trim edges of dough leaving a 3/4-inch overhang. Fold edge under. Flute dough as desired. Set aside in the refrigerator while making pie filling.
• 3. FOR THE PIE FILLING: combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Add lemon juice, apples and pears to the flour mixture. Toss gently to coat. Arrange pear-apple mixture in an even layer in prepared crust.
• 4. FOR THE STREUSEL TOPPING: combine flour and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Add cold butter and cut in with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle evenly over pear-apple mixture. Bake for 1 hour or until lightly brown. Topping will be crunchy. Let cool for an hour before serving.

RHUBARB AND APPLE PIE WITH WALNUT CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 370 degrees F.
• Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface into an 11-inch round about 1/8-inch thick. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie pan. Trim off any overhanging dough to make a 1/2-inch wide overhang around the edge of the pan. Flute the edges of the dough with your fingertips.
• In a large bowl, mix the rhubarb, apples, sugar, 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, the cornstarch, lemon juice, and brandy, and toss to coat the fruit evenly. Pour the mixture into the piecrust.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, walnuts, remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and nutmeg and mix well with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over the filling.
• Bake until the top is golden brown and the juices are bubbling, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes before serving.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and salt. Mix well. Add the shortening and mix until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the water and let sit 1 minute. Using either a fork or your hands, carefully press the mixture together to form a soft ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove the dough from the refrigerator and place it on a lightly floured surface. Roll out the dough on the floured surface into a circle about 12-inches in diameter and 1/8-inch thick. Gently fold the circle of dough in half and then in half again so that you can lift it without tearing it, and unfold into a 9-inch by 2-inch deep-dish pie pan. Crimp the edges and place in the oven.
• Bake until golden, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely.

GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLE PIE WITH OATMEAL CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Combine apples, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice and zest in a large mixing bowl.
• Mix well; set aside for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°.
• In a smaller bowl, mix 1 tablespoon sugar, nutmeg, and cornstarch; add to apple mixture and stir well.
• Turn the filling into the chilled pie shell; smooth filling with your hands to even out.
• Place pie on the center rack in oven; bake 30 minutes.
• Can make the crumb topping while pie is baking: Add flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in the container of a food processor; pulse several times to mix.
• Scatter the butter over the top; pulse repeatedly until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• Empty the crumbs into a large bowl and rub them together between your fingers until you have large, buttery crumbs; store in refrigerator until ready to use.
• Remove pie from oven and lower temperature to 375°; carefully dump the crumbs in the center of the pie, spreading them over the surface with your hands.
• Tamp them down lightly; return pie to oven, placing it so the part that faced the back of the oven now faces forward.
• Place a foil-lined baking sheet onto the rack below to catch any spills.
• Bake about 30-35 more minutes or until the top is dark golden brown and the juices bubble thickly at the edge.
• May need to cover the pie with loosely tented foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent over-browning.
• Place pie of a wire rack and let cool for at least 1 hour before serving.

SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE WITH CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Beat together sour cream, sugar, flour, salt, vanilla and egg. Add apples, mixing carefully to coat well.
• Pour filling into a pie shell and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minute.
• While pie is cooking mix together all ingredients for crumb topping until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Remove pie from oven and sprinkle with crumb topping. Bake for an additional 20 minutes.
• Let cool for a hour before serving.

APPLE PIE WITH WALNUT TOPPING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the apples, cream, tapioca and lemon juice; let stand for 15 minutes., Meanwhile, roll out pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edges., Combine the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; add to apple mixture and toss gently to coat. Spoon filling into pastry. Bake at 375° for 35 minutes., In a small bowl, combine the topping ingredients. Sprinkle over filling. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and apples are tender. Cool on a wire rack.

STREUSEL APPLE PIE TOPPING

Steps:

• Stir together flour and sugar in a bowl. Cut in cold butter with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in walnuts and apples.
• To use, sprinkle the mixture evenly over an apple pie, and bake according to recipe directions.

GRATED APPLE PIE WITH STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• For the filling: coarsely grate the apples with their skins on.
• Mix apples thoroughly with sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon, and salt.
• For the streusel topping: combine sugar, flour and salt; pressing out any lumps of sugar.
• Then using your hands, rub in the butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Spoon apple mixture into unbaked pie shell, then scatter streusel evenly over the top.
• Bake in a preheated 400°F oven for 10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 375°F and continue to bake for an additional 25-30 minutes until the filling is bubbly and the streusel topping is dappled with brown.
• Remove pie from oven and let cool for 20-25 minutes before cutting.

AWESOME GLUTEN FREE APPLE PIE WITH CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• ***Pastry Crust Instructions***.
• In a mixing bowl stir together the flour, xanthan gum and cornstarch.
• Then add the sugar, butter, egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
• Remove dough from bowl and knead and fold on a surface dusted with GF flour until well well combined.
• Divide into two pieces and wrap in plastic wrap, place one in the refrigerator to chill and place the other in the freezer for later use.
• --Go ahead and make Apple Filling while the Pastry Crust is chilling.
• --.
• After approx 20 minutes, remove dough from refrigerator and roll into a ball.
• Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out on a lightly GF floured surface until it is the thickness of a normal pie crust.
• Place crust in a 9 inch glass pie dish that is lightly sprayed with non stick spray.
• Using a fork poke a bunch of holes in the sides and bottom of the crust.
• ***Apple Filling Instructions***.
• In a large bowl mix apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• Set aside and let the juices mix.
• ***Crumble Topping Instructions***.
• In small bowl mix together brown sugar, GF flour and nutmeg.
• Next mix in the chilled butter and cut it in with a fork or other tool until you have a course crumbly mixture.
• ***Assembling your Pie***.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Spoon apples into your pie crust, mounding in the middle and pouring the sugary juices over top.
• Sprinkle your Crumble Topping all over the top (use it all).
• Use tin foil to cover edges of crust as it will burn easily.
• Bake for approximately 35 minutes, topping will be lightly browned and filling will be bubbly.
• Let cool for at least an hour before serving.

APPLE BERRY PIE WITH OATMEAL STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. let a frozen pie crust defrost while you make the topping and the filling.
• 2. Streusel topping: mix ingredients with a fork or pastry cutter until combined and crumbly.
• 3. Pie filling: peel core and slice the apples, add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and toss.
• 4. Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon & nutmeg to combine.
• 5. Do not defrost berries if you are using frozen, toss berries into sliced apples.
• 6. Add Flour mixture and toss by hand until apples and berries are completely coated.
• 7. Mound the apple berry mixture into your unbaked pie crust.
• 8. Press the streusel over the top of the pie gently, making sure to cover most of fruit and packing it in gently.
• 9. Bake on a cookie sheet or sheet pan at 350 degrees for 45-55 mins.
• 10. Let cool and come to room temperature before cutting or serving.

SIMPLE PEACH PIE WITH APPLE ACCENT AND CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400°F.
• Peel, pit and slice your peaches and do the same for the apple. Make sure your apple is sliced very thinly. Combine the fruit in a medium sized bowl and set aside.
• Roll out the pie crust and sprinkle it with a pinch of your sugar.
• Add the rest of your sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg to your fruit mixture and fold together. Fill your pie crust with the fruit mixture.
• Cover the filling of the pie with aluminum foil and bake this for 10 minutes.
• While your pie is baking, add the butter to your apple crumble mix and combine until the mix is completely coated.
• Remove pie and aluminum foil. Add the crumble and bake for a remaining 30 minutes.

APPLE PIE ICE CREAM TOPPING

Steps:

• Peel apples and slice into 1/4-inch thick slices.
• Melt butter in a saute pan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add apples and saute until apples are coated in sugar mixture.
• Cover the pan and steam, stirring frequently, until apples are soft, about 10 minutes.

CRUSTLESS APPLE PIE WITH LEMON MERINGUE TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. Put apples in food processor and blend for about 5 seconds or until apples re coarsely chopped. Add remaining ingredients and blend until apples are finely chopped but not pureed. Place apple mixture in a buttered 9 inch pie plate and bake at 350 for 35 minute or until pie is almost set. Spread top with Lemon Meringue Topping (recipe follows) and return to oven. Continue baking for about 20 minutes or until top is golden brown. Allow to cool and cut into wedges to serve. Serves 8 Note: The only thing to watch is that the apples don't get pureed in blending. If you blend too long, apples with turn into a soupy sauce and pie will not bake properly Lemon Meringue Topping: 2 egg white 1/4 cup sugar 1 T. grated lemon peel Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar and beat until meringue is stiff. This is not a light meringue, but a denser version. Beat in the lemon peel. Note: This is a delicious little dessert that is somewhat lower in calories than it's crusty cousin. It is a light dessert and nice to serve after a hardy meal. Source: Renny Darling

CINNAMON APPLE PIE WITH RAISINS AND CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• For crust:
• Blend flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in processor. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix 1/4 cup ice water and vinegar in small bowl; add to processor and pulse until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if mixture is dry. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 1 hour. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.
• Roll out dough on floured work surface to 13-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter deep-dish glass pie dish. Fold edges under and crimp, forming crust sides 1/4 inch above rim of pie dish. Freeze crust 20 minutes.
• For filling:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Mix brown sugar, flour, lemon peel, and cinnamon in large bowl. Add apple slices, raisins, and vanilla; toss until well coated. Transfer filling to unbaked crust, mounding filling slightly in center. Bake pie until apples begin to soften, about 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare crumb topping:
• Whisk flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in small bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture begins to clump together.
• Sprinkle topping evenly over hot pie. Continue to bake pie until apples are tender and topping is browned and crisp, tenting pie with sheet of foil if browning too quickly, about 50 minutes. Cool pie on rack at least 2 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 8 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Cut pie into wedges and serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
• GOOD TO KNOW:
• Don't skip that teaspoon of vinegar in the pie dough-it helps make the finished crust tender.