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French Apple Pie

This delicious fall pie starts with an unbaked pie shell (store bought or homemade). Then the filling is made with sliced apples, lemon juice, sugar, flour and cinnamon. Next the filling is placed in the pie shell, making a mound in the middle. A streusel topping is made with flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter. The streusel is sprinkled over the apples before baking until the apples are tender.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 8 people

Ingredients

Pie

  • 9 inch unbaked flour pie crust
  • 8 cups peeled and thinly sliced apples
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tbsp AP flour
  • ½ tsp cinnamon

Streusel Topping

  • ⅔ cup AP flour
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 5 tbsp cold butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 F.
  2. In a large bowl, place the apple slices and sprinkle with lemon juice.
  3. In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, 3 tbsp flour and ½ tsp cinnamon.
  4. Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the apples and toss to coat.
  5. Spoon the apple mixture into an unbaked pie crust, mounding the apples in the center of the pie shell.
  6. In a medium bowl combine the ⅔ cup flour, brown sugar, ½ tsp cinnamon and butter until crumbly.
  7. Sprinkle the streusel over the apples in the crust.
  8. Bake for 12 minutes.
  9. Reduce the oven to 350 F. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the apples are tender when pierced with a fork and the juices are bubbling in the center of the pie.
  10. Cool the pie on a wire rack.

Recipe Notes

I added 10 minutes to cooking time.