Name: Easy Apple Crumb Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 1 uncooked pie crust (I used Pillsbury); 5-6 cups cooking apples ( pealed and sliced); 1 cup AP flour; 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed); 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 stick butter (1/2 cup); 1/2 cup granular sugar; 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe Table of Contents

4.08 from 28 votes

Mix some apples, a pie crust, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and butter, and you get a great tasting basic apple crumb pie. Just follow these easy step by step photo instructions.

Table of Contents

🍎Apples
Pie Pan Size
👨‍🍳The Pie Crust
❄️Apple Pie Storage
📖Other Pie Recipes
🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
📖Recipe
💬 Comments

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Introduction

I seem to use the terms simple and easy a lot, naming my recipes, but I do mean it. I like simple and easy since I rarely do a recipe that takes a lot of time, is complex, or takes too much of my time for too little return.

When I decided to do this recipe, I wanted an everyday basic apple pie — something most people can do if they just look at the steps and love.

I'm not making the pie crust. I have made pie crusts before, and it falls in the too much time for the return category here. The premade ones are what most of use everyday cooks use.

The filling is simple and very good, and I topped with a very nice but again easy crumb topping.

Inspired by southerncooking.about.com. I change up a few things and expanded the instruction details.

My Rating

A solid lower 5. There are better apple pies but not by much and not this simple. I see no need to add complexity to a recipe that produces this great of results.

🍎Apples

Some good choices are Cortland, Honeycrisp, Northern Spy, Pink Lady, Fuji, Granny Smith, or Ida Red. But I’m not very picky about my apples.

There are many good apples for cooking and a few not so good, but I believe you use what you have. Delicious Apples are probably the only common poor choice.

Pie Pan Size

Standard pie pans are 9 inches in diameter and 1-¼ inches deep. There are larger 9-½- and 10-inch pans, and I have seen bigger, but here I suggest the standard size here.

👨‍🍳The Pie Crust

I have made pie crust and consider it a bit too much work for everyday cooking. If you want to make your own, fine, but the premade works fine for a great everyday pie.

❄️Apple Pie Storage

Keep your apple pie covered loosely with foil or plastic wrap. You can generally keep baked apple pie at room temperature for up to two days. If refrigerated, your pie will keep 3-4 days. I do not suggest freezing pie.

📖Other Pie Recipes

Easy Fresh Strawberry Pie

Everyday Blueberry Crumb Pie

Or try this easy quick bread: Apple Pie Bread

This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

Dessert Recipes

🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375° and place a cookie sheet on the bottom rack for any overflow.

adding butter to flour mixture in white bowl

Start with one cup of AP flour in a large mixing bowl. Add ½ cup brown sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, and ⅛ teaspoon salt. Mix this well. Microwave 1 stick (4oz) of butter in a bowl for 20 seconds on high. It will be partially melted. Stir with a fork and then dribble into the flour mixture.

Mix with a fork until well blended. Set aside.

Peel and slice apples. I used four good sized Granny Smiths. You need 5-6 cups of apple.

adding sugar and cinnamon to apple slices

Mix ½ cup granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together then sprinkle over the apple slices. Mix well to coat.

image of crimping the edge of the pie crust before baking

Prepare a pie crust. Either make one or use a Pillsbury refrigerated one and crimp the edges.

Pour apple into a 9-inch uncooked pie crust.

Top with the crumb mix.

Bake on the middle rack. About 20 minutes into baking, check the pie. You may need to protect the edges of the crust, either with aluminum foil or with a fancy-dancy pie crust protector thingy.

Bake a total time of about 50 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool completely before cutting. 3-4 hours.

📖Recipe

Easy Apple Crumb Pie

From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

Mix some apples, a pie crust, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and butter, and you get a great tasting basic apple crumb pie. Just follow these easy step by step photo instructions.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings #/Adjust if desired 8

Ingredients

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▢ 1 uncooked pie crust - I used Pillsbury
▢ 5-6 cups cooking apples - pealed and sliced
▢ 1 cup AP flour
▢ ½ cup brown sugar - packed
▢ ½ teaspoon cinnamon
▢ 1 stick butter - ½ cup
▢ ½ cup granular sugar
▢ 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375° and place a cookie sheet on the bottom rack for any overflow.
Start with one cup of AP flour in a large mixing bowl. Add ½ cup brown sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, and ⅛ teaspoon salt. Mix this well.
Microwave 1 stick (4oz) of butter in a bowl for 20 seconds on high. It will be partially melted. Stir with a fork and then dribble into the flour mixture. Mix with a fork until well blended. Set aside.
Peel and slice apples. I used four good size Granny Smiths. You need 5-6 cups of apple.
Mix ½ cup granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together then sprinkle over the apple slices. Mix well to coat.
Prepare a pie crust. Either make one or use a Pillsbury refrigerated one and crimp the edges.
Pour apple into a 9-inch uncooked pie crust. Top with the crumb mix.
Bake on the middle rack. About 20 minutes into baking, check the pie. You may need to protect the edges of the crust, either with aluminum foil or with a fancy-dancy pie crust protector thingy.
Bake a total time of about 50 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool completely before cutting. 3-4 hours

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Pro Tips

Some good choices for the apples are Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Fuji, Granny Smith, and Ida Red. But most apples will be fine other than Delicious.
Use a standard pie pan, which is a 9-inch diameter and 1-¼ inches deep.
I use refrigerated pie crust. You can use frozen or make your own.
Be sure to fully cool the pie before cutting. It will take 3-4 hours. Store loosely covered for up to 2 days at room temperature or 3-4 days refrigerated. I do not suggest freezing pie.

To adjust the recipe size:

You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

Nutrition Estimate

Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

Course : Dessert

Cuisine : American

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Editor's Note: Originally Published May 18, 2012. Updated with expanded discussion and updated photos.