Apple Crumb Pie

Recipe Ingredients

		Crust
1 3/4 cups	109g / 3.8oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
6 tablespoons	90ml	Chilled unsalted butter - cut small pieces
5 tablespoons	75ml	Chilled solid vegetable shortening - cut small pieces
2 tablespoons	30ml	Ice water - or more if needed
		Filling
3 3/4 lbs	1702g / 60oz	Granny Smith apples - (abt 10 med) - peeled, cored, and thickly sliced
1 tablespoon	15ml	Fresh lemon juice
2 1/2 tablespoons	37ml	Unsalted butter
1/3 cup	65g / 2.3oz	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons	30ml	Apple cider
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cornstarch
1/4 cup	59ml	Applesauce
		Topping
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
1/4 cup	40g / 1.4oz	Golden brown sugar - (packed)
3/4 cup	109g / 3.8oz	Chopped walnuts
6 tablespoons	90ml	Unsalted butter - (3/4 stick) - cut small pieces
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt

Recipe Instructions

For Crust: Mix flour and salt in processor. Add butter and shortening; using on/off turns, cut in until mixture resembles coarse meal. Drizzle 2 tablespoons ice water over. Process until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dry. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic. Chill 1 hour.

Roll out dough between 2 sheets of plastic wrap to 14-inch round. Transfer dough to 10-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Fold overhang under. Crimp edges decoratively. Pierce bottom of crust all over with fork. Freeze crust 15 minutes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep frozen.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line crust with aluminum foil. Fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake 15 minutes. Remove weights and foil. Bake until golden and set, about 10 minutes longer. Cool.

For Filling: Toss apples and lemon juice in medium bowl. Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in sugar and cinnamon. Add apples; saute until coated with cinnamon butter and crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Whisk cider and cornstarch in small bowl. Add to apples. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Transfer apple mixture to large bowl. Mix in applesauce. Cool completely. (Crust and filling can be made 1 day ahead. Cover crust; let stand at room temperature. Cover and chill filling.)

For Topping: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using fingertips, rub all ingredients in bowl until moist clumps form.  Place filling in crust. Sprinkle topping over apples. Bake until topping is golden brown, about 40 minutes.

Source:
"Bon Appetit, September 2002"

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