Saturday, October 27, 2012

Lazy Apple Pie

Very lazy.
I'm all for homemade crust.  I just don't homemake it.  I'll eat it every day of the week.  Mine just don't turn out that great.  Not any better than Mrs. Hannaford's in the butter aisle do.  So that's who I turn to when I'm feeling pie-ish.

If you make Apple Crumb Pie, you get two pies from one box of pie crust.  Double crust pie is overrated.
The theme is lazy, follow along.

Lazy Apple Crumb Pie
1 box of already made pie crust (don't tell the person in your family who would judge you for this.  I have someone in mind in my family, but I will not name names.)
6 cups apples (12 cups if you're making two pies)
3/4 c white sugar (1 1/2 c for two pies)
1/4 c flour (1/2 c for two pies)
Cinnamon (no measurement...I just shook in some)
Nutmeg (same deal)
3 Tbsp butter (6 for two pies)
1/2 c flour (1 c for two pies)
1/2 c packed brown sugar (1 c packed for two pies)

Oven at 375.  Put your piecrust into your pie plate.  I didn't flute the edges or anything.  I'm breaking all the pie rules.  I just made it rustic looking.  No one is going to turn down lazy pie because there aren't fork marks on your crust.  Trust me.
Divide and conquer your apples.  I have an apple-corer-peeler-slicer.  It's a huge pain in the REAR to deal with.  I have an apple wedger (that removes the core, you know?) and that is so much easier to deal with.  So, wedge your apples, then peel the wedges with a lil paring knife.  This will help you practice your paring skills.  Cut the wedges into two or three slices and chuck in a bowl (big enough to stir in the sugary floury spice mix.)
Make the sugary floury spice mix:  mix the white sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Add to the apple bowl and mix up.
Dump into your pie crust.
Make the Crumb Topping:  Melt the butter (sure, you could cut in the cold butter chunks, like the recipe I took this from called for.  But why?  If you melt the butter and mix it into the flour sugar mix, you'll still get chunks and it's way less hard.) and add to the flour and brown sugar.  I also added some cinnamon and nutmeg to this, too.  Mix with your hands (or a fork if you're a germaphobe (or geographer if you spell check germaphobe)) and crumble over your pie.
Bake for 1 hr.  The original recipe has you covering your crust for 40 mins of that hour to prevent too much browning.  Bah.  Look at my picture:

Pie.  I only survived high school math because they talked about you.
Not too brown.  Not too brown for me, anyway.  Cover with foil if you must.
Eat for first breakfast.  Pretend it's oatmeal.

No comments:

Post a Comment