Genesee Valley Apple Crumb Pie

Mmmm mmmm! What's fall without a delicious homemade apple pie?! For this week's Carnival of the Recipes...

This one's a keeper... from a popular local cookbook and a personal favorite -   Applehood and Motherpie, from the local Junior League.

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Genesee Valley Apple Crumb Pie

Yield: One 9- or 10-inch pie

Crust:
2/3 cup shortening
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup boiling water
1 1/2 cups flour

Filling:
6 apples, pared, cored, and sliced
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt

Crumb Topping
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour

Crust

1. Cream shortening with salt.
2. Add boiling water and mix.
3. Add flour.
4. Press crust into 9- or 10-inch pie plate.

Filling

1. Fill the crust with apples.
2. Sprinkle sugar, cinnamon, and salt on apples.

Crumb Topping

1. Cream butter with sugar and flour.
2. Spoon mixture on top of pie
3. Place pie in preheated oven; Reduce temperature after 10 minutes.

Bake at 450 degrees (F) for 10 minutes, and then at 350 for 30 minutes.

Tip: Short (2-inch) straws inserted into pie will keep juice from running over.

Comments

[sigmund, carl and alfred]

That's dessert. What's for dinner?

[Cin]

Oh. My. Goodness.

I MUST make this. It looks scrumptious.

Thanks for sharing (and stopping by my blog when it was Michele's SOTD).

Cheers!

[Melody]

Call me when you make it, I'll come over! *grin*

[vw bug]

How do you find time to make it? How about just making one and shipping it down to me? GRIN

[Marie]

VW, This weekend was a perfect baking weekend in NY - cool and dreary. But I didn't feel well so no baking here!