07Oct2012Pastor’s Wife Apple Crumb Pie – Crazy Cooking Challenge This apple pie is my mom’s recipe. Can you guess who my dad is? Hehe. 🙂 My mom is famous among family and church friends for a few things she makes: potato salad, cheesecake, and apple crumb pie are among the top three in my opinion. I even think she may have won a church cook off with this recipe! Of course my mom makes her own crust. But seriously, I’m the Mostly Homemade Mom! Number one, I don’t own a nice big food processor to mix the crust perfectly. Number two, I also don’t own a rolling pin (I know right?!). Number three, I love the taste of store bought refrigerated pie crust, so I’m just gonna roll with that, k? It’s fine though, the crust is only part of this pie. The real star of the show is the crumb topping. Notice there are no dollops of whipped cream, drizzles of caramel topping, or vanilla ice cream on the side. You don’t need it. I’m telling you this is the best apple pie I’ve ever had! And I’m somewhat of a professional at tasting apple pies… Thanks mom! Pastor’s Wife Apple Crumb Pie Filling: 6 apples cored, quartered, & sliced 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon dash salt Crumb Topping: 1 cup flour 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup brown sugar Preheat oven to 425. For filling, mix flour, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in apples and pour into prepared pie crust. For crumb topping, add butter (cold), flour, and brown sugar in small food processor and pulse until coarse crumbs form. I actually did this in two small batches because my little 2 cup food processor would have cried! One of my most used kitchen appliances, though, for sure. Cover filling with crumb topping. Cover the edge of the pie crust with foil, remove it for the last 15 minutes of baking. Bake at 425 for 40-50 minutes. Yum. Thanksgiving and Christmas all rolled into one. 🙂 This post is part of the Crazy Cooking Challenge! Be sure to check out all the other amazing apple pie recipes below and vote for your favorite. Looking for more Crazy Cooking Challenge Recipes? –BBQ Chicken Ranch Dip– – Mini Oreo Cheesecakes – Strawberry Orange Julius – Pizza Grilled Cheese – – Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins – Slow Cooker Fresh Tomato Sauce – – Chocolate Fudge Bundt Cake – Pumpkin Pie Fudge – – Roasted Garlic & Parmesan Mashed Potatoes – Super Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies – – Healthy Mac & Cheese – Linking up to these fabulous parties. Check them out! I’m partying at the Pi Day Pie Party at Crazy for Crust today. Come party with us!
Kate saysOctober 7, 2012 at 2:41 pmI love a crumb topping! I can see why this would be a prize-winning pie!Reply
Lesa saysOctober 7, 2012 at 3:48 pmLooks great, Kelly! I will have to try it since I am a pastor's wife!Reply
Micha @ Cookin' Mimi saysOctober 7, 2012 at 9:31 pmYum! Looks great and gotta love crumb topping. Hope you have a great day.Reply
Jennifer saysOctober 8, 2012 at 4:48 amI love your easy topping for this pie. Looks great! Jen #16Reply
Cathy @ My 1929 Charmer saysOctober 9, 2012 at 2:18 amI love crumb topping, kinds sometimes eat the dessert for the crumbs on top. I am not a big sweet eater, but I CANNOT pass up anything apple. My Mom made a mean apple desserts and was so happy when we got home from school and there 1 was. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with Sunday’s Best – you helped make the party a success!Reply
Lizzy Do saysOctober 9, 2012 at 11:56 amMmmmm…we were both on the same wavelength with our pies! Great idea to cover with foil at the beginning…might have cut down my baking time 🙂 Yours looks perfect!!!Reply
Alicia Skousen saysOctober 9, 2012 at 5:20 pmThis looks so good! My five year old was begging me for apple pie last night, and this looks totally doable!Reply
Mary ~ saysOctober 10, 2012 at 2:37 pmHi Kelly – Your Pastor's Wife Apple Crumb Pie looks so yummy – I just pinned your recipe! Thanks so much for hosting! Off to check out the great shares!Reply
Bonny Yokeley saysOctober 12, 2012 at 4:18 amThis looks delish! I've pinned your recipe because I love apple pies with the crumbly brown sugar topping, and I'm doing as you do and buying the crust.Reply
Casandra saysOctober 13, 2012 at 4:05 amLooks so yummy and I have fresh apples to try this out tomorrow! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!Reply
Jessica saysOctober 13, 2012 at 6:06 pmThat looks perfect! The crumble topping sounds so good. Thanks for linking this up at Meatless Monday recipe hop 🙂Reply
Jerri Rivers saysOctober 14, 2012 at 11:46 amHow yummy! I've pinned this so I can try it later! Thanks for linking up with me for Friday Favorites!Reply
Jocelyn saysOctober 14, 2012 at 10:18 pmThat pie is awesome looking! I love the amount of streusel on top:-)Reply
Miz Helen saysOctober 15, 2012 at 2:04 pmHi Kelly,What a great Apple Pie, it looks delicious! Hope you have a great week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.Come Back Soon!Miz HelenReply
Betsy Pool saysOctober 16, 2012 at 3:15 amMmmMM – you have just made me want apple pie!! Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime!!Reply
Miz Helen saysOctober 18, 2012 at 4:11 pmCongratulations!Your recipe is featured on Full Plate Thursday this week. Hope you are having a great week and enjoy your new Red Plate.Come Back Soon!Miz HelenReply
MsVette saysOctober 22, 2013 at 3:57 pmMade this a week ago, and it turned out great! Really delicious!!!Reply