Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The Best Apple Pie You Will Ever Have


I was calling this Apple Rum Pie until the husband and I sat down and each had a slice. All we kept saying was "This is the best apple pie I have ever had!" I'm not much of a baker mostly because it requires precision that I just don't have the attention span for. I threw this pie together without so much as a measuring spoon so all the measurements are estimations. Just go with your gut and your taste buds on this one.



Ingredients

Pie
1 premade pie crust (I prefer Pillsbury)
4 Granny Smith apples, thinly sliced
3/4 cup of brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
2 shots of dark rum
lemon juice (to keep the apples from browning prematurely)

Topping
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
butter, room temperature

Directions
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly dust the bottom of a pie plate with flour. Place pie crust in pie plate, press around plate. Trim the excess edges. In a medium bowl mix brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, allspice and rum. Add apples and coat with sugar mixture. Transfer apples to pie crust pouring excess rum mixture into the pie. Bake for 15 minutes.

While pie is baking, mix flour and granulated sugar in a small bowl. Cut butter into mixture one tablespoon at a time until mixture forms crumbles. Remove pie from oven after 15 minutes of baking. Raise oven temperature to 425 degrees. Cover top of pie with crumbles and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until crust and crumb topping are golden brown.

Serve hot from the oven or room temperature.

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