This recipe is SO GOOD! The Granny Smith apples really give a tart freshness that calls out, "This is the way apple pie should always taste!"
There's pie crust on the bottom and a crumble on the top, with hot apple goodness in between. Below you will see I made mini pies. They're perfect for those folks that love eating crispy pie crust with every bite.
HERE'S FRENCH APPLE PIE
- 1 prepared pie crust for 9" pie
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- dash of salt
- 6 cups chopped pared apples
Crumb Topping
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup firm butter
Heat oven to 425ºF degrees. Prep pastry. Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt in large bowl. Stir in apples.
Place crumb topping ingredients in food processor and pulse until crumbly.
Turn apple mixture into pastry lined pie plate. Top apple filling with Crumb Topping. Cover topping with aluminum foil during last 10 minutes of baking. Bake 40-50 minutes. When I baked the mini-pies, I baked for 25 minutes.
I think even I can do this…looks delicious!
Oh Pam, if I can do it, you can too!
The only part of this recipe that takes any time is peeling and coring the apples. The rest is too easy & quick not to make it.
The pie makes folks think you baked all day and it TASTES like you’ve made it for years.
Looks yummy. It would be great if the carb content was shown for diabetics.
I looked up the carbs from the original cookbook of this recipe and it said,
Carbohydrates 77 grams
Protein 5 grams
Fat 30 grams
Sodium 455 milligrams
Now, that’s per serving from 6 servings per one 9-inch pie.
I made the muffin size servings just as an experiment. They definitely made a smaller serving portion and worked well to support a scoop of vanilla ice cream. ;D
Thats a Dutch Apple Pie you’re showing not a French Apple Pie…
My trusted baking book (20 year old Betty Crocker cookbook) defines a Dutch Apple Pie topped with a pie crust cut with extra large slits; can also be characterized with a lattice design. Where as the French Apple Pie is made with a crumb topping and a bottom made of pie crust.
you are so right jill, french apple is with crumbs!!!