Vegan Recipes - Desserts

Brown Sugar Apple Pie with Almond Crumb Topping

Submitted by Julie Hasson Apple Crumb Pie

I've always heard that if you want to sell your house, you should bake a pie so that your place smells homey. I was testing this recipe while our house was on the market and I believe it was this pie that sold it. We had several offers that day - all of them requesting the recipe with the sale of the house.

Ingredients: 1 recipe All-Purpose Vegan Pastry

4 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 tsp grated lemon zest
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp ground cinnamon 5 mL
1 recipe Almond Crumb Topping)

Directions:
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into a circle large enough to fit pie plate, dusting work surface and dough as necessary to keep the dough from sticking (or roll between 2 pieces of waxed or parchment paper). Press dough into prepared pie plate, crimping edge. Place pie plate in freezer or refrigerator for 15 to 20 minutes to chill while you prepare the filling.

Filling: In a large bowl, gently combine apples, brown sugar, flour, lemon zest, lemon juice and cinnamon, making sure apples are well coated. Transfer filling to prepared bottom crust, gently pressing apples into pastry with your hand. Place pie plate on baking sheet and bake in 400°F preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Remove from oven, reduce temperature to 350°F (180°C) and sprinkle crumb topping over apples. Return pie to oven and continue baking for 25 to 30 minutes more or until the crumb topping is nicely browned, apples are tender and juices are bubbling. If pie starts to get too brown before it's finished baking, cover loosely with a piece of tented foil. Let cool on a wire rack for 1 hour before serving.

Serves 8

Variation You can omit the lemon zest from the filling, or substitute orange zest and juice for the lemon.

Recipes from The Complete Book of Pies: 200 Recipes from Sweet to Savory by Julie Hasson. (Robert Rose, Inc.; October 2008; $24.95/trade paperback). Though not entirely vegan, this book has some great pie and pastry recipes and tips that are totally vegan and is a great baker's resource. Grab your copy through our Amazon link and save. ;)

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