The Best Crumb Topping Apple Pie is the perfect holiday pie! It is layered with a tender flaky crust, a filling of spiced juicy apple pie then finished with a crisp buttery crumb topping and a glaze of sweet vanilla. Such a tasty, perfect dessert!
This version of the best apple pie is not an exception! All your apple pie dreams are coming true! I love that you get three layers of absolute deliciousness (or four if you use them for a glaze or vanilla ice cream)! Some of my favorites are crumb pies.
With a buttery, flakey, lightly salty pie crust filled with fresh fruity goodness and crisp, sweet cookie crumble topping, you just can’t go wrong. It is the main highlight of the family meal, no doubt! So save dessert space or go ahead and begin eating dessert first!
Make Sure to Thinly Slice Your Apples
I have listed very important notes about the apples in the recipe. Serving it up with crispy apples that have not baked through is one of the easy ways to ruin an apple pie. This happens once the apples are not thin enough to be pre-cooked or sliced.
In my first apple pie that I have ever made, I learned that the hard way. In an apple pie, biting into crispy apples just ruins everything.
The Best Apple Pie
The Best Crumb Topping Apple Pie is the perfect holiday pie! It is layered with a tender flaky crust, a filling of spiced juicy apple pie then finished with a crisp buttery crumb topping and a glaze of sweet vanilla. Such a tasty, perfect dessert!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Apple Pie, Slab Pie, The Best apple pie
Calories: 377 kcal
Ingredients
Crust
1 (14.1 oz) box refrigerated pie crusts (or sub homemade pie crust dough)
Topping
1/3 cup (70g) of granulated sugar
1/3 cup (75g) of packed light brown sugar
1 cup (97g) of quick oats
1/2 cup (70g) of all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup (113g) of unsalted butter, and chilled and diced into small cubes
Filling
1/3 cup (70g) of granulated sugar
1/3 cup (75g) of packed light brown sugar
3 Tbsp of all-purpose flour
1 tsp of ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp of salt
1 1/2 Tbsp of fresh lemon juice
4 lbs peeled, plus cored and thinly sliced crisp apples (see notes)
Glaze (optional) or serve with Vanilla Ice Cream
1 cup (115g) of powdered sugar
2 Tbsp half and half – or more as needed
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