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