French Apple Pie with Crumbled Topping
Crust:
- 1 cup sifted MAYA All Purpose Flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup butter or shortening
- 2-3 tablespoons cold water
Apple Filling:
- 8 small green apples (or )
- 4 big Fuji apples
- 2-3 tablespoons calamansi juice
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons MAYA All-Purpose Flour
- grated cheese
Topping:
- ¼ cup butter (chilled )
- ½ cup MAYA All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tablespoon walnuts (chopped )
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- Prepare a 9-inch pie plate. Preheat oven to 375° F / 191°C.
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder together.
- Cut-in butter into flour mixture until pea sized.
- Add as much water to bind the ingredients together.
- Form into a ball. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick.
- Fit dough into prepared pie plate.
- Flute edges and chill for 10 minutes.
Prepare Apple Filling:
- Pare and slice apples thinly. Put apple slices in a bowl and sprinkle calamansi juice.
- Combine sugar, cinnamon and nuts. Toss into the apple slices.
- If very juicy, add the flour. Turn into prepared crust.
- Top with grated cheese.
Prepare Topping:
- Cut-in chilled butter into flour.
- Add walnuts and brown sugar.
- Sprinkle mixture on top of apple filling.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
