This Easy Apple Pie with Crumb Topping is a true revelation. It’s great for beginners because there is no pastry dough to deal with. If you think that pie is difficult to make then you need to try this incredible easy pie crust recipe.
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What We Love About This Quick Apple Pie Recipe
If you are a fan of fresh baked pie but not a fan of all the work, then you need to make this amazing recipe.
- 30 Minute Pie: Make in 10 minutes and bakes in 30 minutes.
- Easy Ingredients: All found in pantry or the refrigerator.
- Family Friendly: This pan is the best to make for any occasion and will be an instant winner.
- Adaptable: Can make with different apples to change the flavor.
Ingredient Notes for Apple Pie Recipe
- Flour: All purpose flour.
- Sugar: White granulated sugar.
- Cinnamon
- Canola Oil: Or another neutral oil.
- Milk
- Apples: Peeled, cored and sliced for the pie.
- Lemon Juice: Fresh is best for the recipe.
Equipment Needed for Homemade Apple Pie
How to Make Easy Apple Pie with Crumb Topping
These are the basic steps for making a simple apple pie recipe. Please refer to the recipe card below for more detailed instructions and nutrition information.
STEP 1: FOR THE CRUST
Start by spray pie pan with an even coating of cooking spray. Put flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt in a pie plate. Stir with fork until combined. In a small bowl, combine milk and oil and pour over dry ingredients to create a pie dough. Reserve 1/3 of the dough for the crumb topping. Press remaining dough into the pie dish, making sure to go up the sides for the bottom crust.
STEP 2: FILLING
Next, place the apple slices and sugar in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Then add flour to the apples and microwave for an additional 2 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, salt and cinnamon. Pour filling into prepared crust. Sprinkle the reserved pastry dough across the top for the crumb topping as a top crust.
STEP 3: BAKE
Lastly, bake at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Prep and Storage Tips for Basic Apple Pie Recipe
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME
Ideally, this easy apple pie should be stored in the refrigerator, either in an airtight container or covered tightly with plastic wrap. It will last up to 4 days in the refrigerator.
HOW TO STORE THIS RECIPE
Store pies in an airtight container or wrapped well with foil. Store in the refrigerator.
HOW TO FREEZE THIS RECIPE
You can also store these pies in a freezer, where it would typically last six to nine months.
HOW TO REHEAT THIS RECIPE
On a parchment-lined baking sheet and put it in a preheated 350 degrees oven for about 15 minutes. Topo with cheddar cheese, ice cream or whipped cream.
Frequently Asked Questions about this Best Apple Pie Recipe
Try using a sugar substitute in place of the white sugar in this recipe.
Of course, you can add nuts or dried cranberries to this filling.
Indeed, you can use this recipe to make extra pies.
Really you need a firm, crisp apple that is not mushy. An apple mixture is best, a combination of tart and sweetness for the apple pie filling. Grannies (Granny Smith Apples),jonagold, golden delicious, pink lady etc. Find out more examples here.
Expert Tips for Making This Easy Apple Pie Recipe
- Add Different Pies: Cinnamon, nutmeg or other spices can add to this pie.
- Short cut tip: Frozen apples can be used, no need for peeling.
- Variation tip: Nuts can make a nice addition to the pie, adding a little crunch is awesome.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Feel free to add as many tips as you need in this section
- Dietary consideration tip: Feel free to use a sugar alternative such as Splenda.
What to Serve with Easy Apple Pie with Crumb Topping
- Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
- Gingersnap and Eggnog Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Stabilized Whipped Cream
- Caramel Sauce
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Easy Apple Pie with Crumb Topping
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray pie plate with an even coating of PAM cooking spray. Put flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt in a pie plate. Stir with fork until combined.
- In a small bowl, combine milk and oil and pour over dry ingredients. Reserve 1/3 of the dough for the crumb topping.
- Press remaining dough into the pie plate, making sure to go up the sides.
- Place the apples and sugar in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Add flour to the apples and microwave for an additional 2 minutes.
- Stir in lemon juice, salt and cinnamon. Pour filling into prepared crust. Scatter the reserved dough across the top for the crumb topping.
- Bake at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes.
Expert Tips
- Add Different Pies: Cinnamon, nutmeg or other spices can add to this pie.
- Short cut tip: Frozen apples can be used, no need for peeling.
- Variation tip: Nuts can make a nice addition to the pie, adding a little crunch is awesome.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Feel free to add as many tips as you need in this section
- Dietary consideration tip: Feel free to use a sugar alternative such as Splenda.
My mom dropped the whole dinner outta the oven because my brother was rushing her and burned herself up her whole arm
Once I forgot the sugar in my pumpkin pies…yeah we had squash pie. I had to run to the store last minute and buy 2 deli pies! 🙂 haha!
My worst mishap was buying a turkey pan that was to small.
I was pulling the turkey out of the brine… dropped it on the floor (several times). Slippery suckers.
one time i forgot to turn on the oven. lol
put turkey in oven and forgot to turn it on
My biggest mishap was underestimating the cooking time. Instead of eating a noon it was nearly 6 and we were all cranky because we were hungry!
My biggest baking mishap was when trying a new piecrust recipe. I was in a rush, so I didn’t chill the dough. Horrible, sticky mess that took forever to clean.
No holiday baking mishaps here…
My hubby dropped our cheese cake once! My kids were heartbroken lol then they got mad at me since I would let them scoop it off the floor!!
i dont have any good stories yet but this is my first year hosting the holidays so cross your fingers for me!
My biggest mishap was the first year my husband and I were married, and I made his favorite pie (sweet potato) and I failed to put any sugar in the pie! I will never forget the look on his face as he took his first and only bite. Trust me when I say, he has gotten way too much mileage out of this story! We have now been married 29 years and I have turned out to be a pretty good cook, but I will never live that down!
The first year I was married, I wanted to cook Thanksgiving dinner at home for me and my husband. But I’d never cooked Thanksgiving dinner, including turkey. So when the turkey came out of the oven just before dinnertime, my husband found it HILARIOUS that I had left all the giblets and the neck inside. I didn’t know they put body parts inside the turkey before they sold it to you and that I’d have to go scavenging inside the carcass to retrieve them! That was almost 20 years ago and apparently it’s just as funny now as it was then. *sigh*
I guess maybe cooking the turkey with the innards still inside!
The year we had my entire family here for Thanksgiving. (all of our children, grandchildren, my mom, my sisters & all of their children & grandchildren) One of the dishes I had fixed was a banana lush. I had just finished it so it was still on the counter & not in the fridge yet. Our cat jumped up on the counter, landed right in the pan & then of course jumped out & ran all over the house. HUGE mess. No banana lush. 🙁
I do not cook that much, but I do remember my aunt putting a glass dish on the stove on Thanksgiving that busted and ruined dinner
I left the gizzards in the turkey one year, gross.
We usually have some small mishap on Thanksgiving, but one year I ruined the cake icing. :/
I can’t remember one, but I am sure that something has gone wrong over the years.
buying all ready made pie crusts and leaving the paper in them