Cinnamon Apple Pie with Crumb Topping

For 2(two)  9" pie plate

Filling :
3 Green apples / 2 big  green apples
5 Red apples
(peel off the skin & cut into 1.5cm pieces)

3/4 cup Brown sugar
3tbsp Flour
2.5 tsp Ground cinnamon
1tsp Ground nutmeg
1tsp Salt
Bit of water

Cook all the ingredients until apple is tender. If it is a bit dry or sticky while cooking, add a bit of water.
Prepare this 1 day in advance.


Pie Crust :
300g Flour
1tbsp Sugar
1tsp Salt
150g Butter - chilled
7 tbsp Ice water

1) Mixed all the flour, sugar, salt in a bowl.
2) Rub-in butter with fingertips and combine with the flour mixture.
3) Slowly stir-in ice water until become a dough.
4) Divide dough into equal portion then wrap in plastic. Chill for 1 hour.
5) Roll out chilled pie dough in a round shape to fit 9" pie plate.
6) Oil the pie plate & place the rolled dough on it.
7) Press and shape it.
8) Pricked some holes using a fork at the pie base.

Crumb Topping:
250g Flour
1/2cup Brown sugar
2 1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp Ground nutmeg
190g Salted butter - cold & soft

Mixed all the ingredients well except the butter.
Then, add-in the butter until large , moist crumbs form.

Preheat Oven : 218 degree celsius

Bake : At the centre of the oven.
           218 degree celsius for 20 minutes.
           190 degree celsius for 35-40 minutes until crust is browned.
           If crumb topping becomes too dark, gently tent a sheet of aluminium foil.