Crunch Top Apple Pie

Recipe Ingredients

		Dough and Filling
		Dough for a double-crust 9" pie
		= (homemade, frozen, or refrigerated)
3/4 cup	148g / 5.2oz	Sugar
1 tablespoon	15ml	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground cinnamon
1		Salt
3 1/2 cups	511g / 18oz	Chopped peeled cooking apples
1		Applesauce - (16 oz)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Lemon juice
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter - chopped small pieces
		Crunch Topping
3 tablespoons	45ml	All-purpose flour
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
1		Salt
1 tablespoon	15ml	Butter - room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a 9-inch pie pan with half of dough.

Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Stir in apples, applesauce, and lemon juice. Spoon apple mixture into pie pan and dot with butter. Cut remaining crust into strips; arrange in a lattice design over top of pie.

For crunch topping, combine flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Using a fork, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over top of crust.

Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue to bake for about 45 minutes, or until crust and topping are golden brown.

This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Source:
PAULA'S HOME COOKING with Paula Deen - (Show # PA-1B14) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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