Best French Crumb Apple Pie Recipes

FRENCH CRUMB APPLE PIE

Steps:

• 1. Bottom pie crust directions. I am going to make this as complete as I can for everyone that has never made their own pie crust.
• 2. Take flour and crisco and put it in a medium bowl.
• 3. Use a fork or a pastry cutter to incorporate the crisco into the flour. Until it looks like little balls.
• 4. Take a tablespoon of cold water and add it to the mixture. Gently working it in.
• 5. Continue to add water a tablespoon at a time until you form a ball of dough. It should still be a tiny bit dry. You don't want it soaked.
• 6. Wrap it in wax paper and put it in the fridge for about an hour.
• 7. Filling Directions
• 8. Take all the filling ingredients and put them in a bowl and mix. Let them sit for about 15 minutes till the apples and ingredients get nice and juicy.
• 9. At this point you want to preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
• 10. Roll out your bottom crust and place in a 9 inch pie pan.Just a little note if you have a marble rolling pin put it in the freezer for about a half hour before you roll out the dough. It makes it much easier to roll.
• 11. Put the apple mixture into crust and get ready to make your topping.
• 12. Topping directions
• 13. Take flour and brown sugar and incorporate them together using a wire whisk.
• 14. Take your stick of cold butter and slice it into the mixture.
• 15. With a fork or pastry cutter cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles little balls.
• 16. Flute the edges of your pie crust BEFORE you put the crumb topping on.
• 17. Spread crumb topping over the apples until it is completely covered.
• 18. Bake at 425 degrees for 50 minutes... Cover the pie with foil the last 15 minutes of baking so your crumbs don't burn.
• 19. The pies juices should be bubbling up through the crust. That's how you know it's done. Enjoy!

FRENCH APPLE CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• Place crust in an 8 inch pie plate.
• To mix the topping ingredients together, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender, two forks or food processer. Set aside.
• Mix sugar and cinnamon. Mix with the apples. Place apples in the crust.
• Sprinkle the topping over the apples.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 50 minutes or until apples are tender.

OLD FASHIONED APPLE PIE WITH FRENCH CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In large bowl, combine sugar and cornstarch (or flour). Mix together with apples, brown sugar, spices, and lemon juice. Sprinkle wafers or nuts on bottom of pie shell. (This keeps crust from becoming soggy.) Spoon apple mixture into pie shell.
• 2. Make French Crumb Topping by mixing 1/3 cup butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar together. Cut in 3/4 cup flour. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle topping over apples in pie plate. Bake for 50 minutes or until topping is golden and apples are tender
• 3. NOTE: If you prefer to use conventional top crust, brush unbaked top crust with egg yolk and 1 tablespoon cream mixed together. Dust with sifted powdered sugar when pie comes out of oven. Or use the following topping on top of the crust before baking.
• 4. Mix all ingredients together and spread over unbaked top crust. Bake for about 50 minutes.
• 5. TIP: For a lovely taste thrill, mix 3 or 4 teaspoons of cinnamon into 1 quart softened vanilla ice cream. Refreeze. Serve a scoop of the cinnamon ice cream on warm apple-pie slices.