Apple Pie

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My take on apple pie, took several tries and working with several recipes to come up with this filling and topping! 

I used a 9 inch graham cracker crust and then made an oat streusel topping and served with eater's choice of ice cream and/or whip cream.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

For the pie filling:

4 large apples, I used an apple cutter that gives me 16 slices for this pie I used Golden Delicious apples

1/2 cup raisins

1/4 cup of finely chopped pecans

2 tbsp all purpose flour

1/2 white sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ginger

1/4 tsp nutmeg

lemon zest from half of lemon

juice from 1/2 lemon

2-3 tbsp butter

Mix together in large bowl and make sure all of the slices are well coated with mixture. Put filling into pie pan and sprinkle with juice of 1/2 lemon and then dot with some butter.

Cover with tin foil (loose) and bake for 10 minutes.

For topping:

3/4 cup flour

1/2 cup rolled oats

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

lemon zest from other half of lemon

1/2 cup (1 stick) frozen butter

Mix dry ingredients together then add butter and cut in until looks like big crumbs. 

Take pie out of oven and remove foil, reduce heat on oven to 375 degrees! Sprinkle crumbs on top of pie, recover loosely with foil and bake another half hour.

I stored in the fridge and for future servings, warmed in microwave for about 30 seconds!

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