Crunch Top Apple Pie

By: Amy McAllister

Pie Ingredients:

Dough for double 9-in pie crust
(Homemade, frozen, or refrigerated)
¾ c. sugar
1 T. Flour
1 t. cinnamon
Dash salt
3 ½ c. peeled, shopped cooking apples
16 oz apple sauce
1 T lemon juice
2 T. butter, chopped into small pieces

Crunch Topping Ingredients:

3 T. flour
1 T sugar
Dash salt
1 T. butter (room temp)


Pie Directions:
• Preheat oven to 425 deg.
• Line a 9-in pie pan with half of dough
• Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl.
• Stir in apples, sauce and lemon juice.
• Spoon apple mix into pie pan an dot with butter. Cut remaining crust into strips; arrange in a lattice design over top of pie.

Crunch Directions:
• Combine flour, sugar and salt in a bowl.
• Using a for, cut butter into mix until crumbly.
• Sprinkle over top crust.
• Bake 10 min., then reduce to 350 and continue to bake for 45 min.