All-American Apple Pie

Ingredients:

~Crust~

1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour

1/2 c. vegetable oil

2 T. cold milk

1 1/2 t. white sugar

1 t. salt

~Apple Filling~

3/4 c. white sugar

3 T. all-purpose flour

3/4 t. ground cinnamon

1/2 t. ground nutmeg

6 Fuji apples, cored and sliced *

~Topping~

1/2 c. all-purpose flour

1/2 c. white sugar

1/2 c. cold butter (MUST be cold!)

* I always peel my apples. I'm not a fan of cooked skin.

Recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. In a large bowl, mix together ingredients for the crust until evenly blended. Pat mixture into a 9-inch pie pan, spreading the dough evenly over the bottom and up sides. *

3. Mix together the apple filling ingredients. Sprinkle over apples and toss to coat. Spread evenly in unbaked pie shell.

4. Using a pastry cutter, blend together the topping ingredients until evenly distributed and crumbly in texture. Sprinkle over apples.

5. Put pie pan on a 10x15 jellyroll pan to catch the juices that may spill over. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until golden. Let stand before serving.

*I normally do this, but today I decided to make individual servings by placing the crust in a muffin tin.

Rating: 4.5 of 5 (as a pie) and 4.75 of 5 (as individual servings)

I really like the straight up apple pie version of this recipe, but one thing I didn't like was who soupy it would turn out. I'm not sure how to avoid that since it's just the juices from the apples. I rated the individual servings slightly higher because it eliminated the juice problem for me. Either way, this is a super delicious recipe.

Source: AllRecipes Dinner Tonight, pg. 86