Crustless Apple Crumb Pie

🍎 CRUSTLESS APPLE CRUMBLE PIE 🍎

All the cozy flavor of homemade apple pie—without the work or heaviness of a pastry crust!

This simple fall dessert begins with a colorful blend of Walmart organic apples: naturally sweet Honeycrisp, tart Granny Smith, and mellow Gala. They bake beneath a golden oatmeal crumble made with a lighter amount of butter.

It’s really an apple crisp dressed up beautifully in a pie dish! 🥧🍂

CRUSTLESS APPLE CRUMBLE PIE

Serves 8

INGREDIENTS

For the Apple Filling:

• 3 Walmart organic Honeycrisp apples
• 2 Walmart organic Granny Smith apples
• 1 Walmart organic Gala apple
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1½ tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Pinch of salt, optional

For the Oatmeal Crumble:

• ¾ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Pinch of salt, optional
• 5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
• ⅓ cup chopped walnuts or pecans, optional

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly coat a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate with cooking spray or a little butter.
2. Peel, core, and slice the apples approximately ¼-inch thick. You should have about 6 cups.
3. Place the apples in a large bowl. Add the brown sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and optional salt. Toss gently until evenly coated.
4. Spoon the apples and any remaining juices into the prepared pie plate. Gently press them into an even layer.
5. In another bowl, combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and optional salt.
6. Work the cold butter into the oat mixture with a pastry blender, fork, or your fingertips until moist crumbs form. Stir in the walnuts or pecans, if desired.
7. Sprinkle the crumble evenly over the apples without packing it down.
8. Place the pie dish on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 40–50 minutes, until the apples are tender, the filling bubbles around the edges, and the topping is golden.
9. If the topping browns too quickly, loosely cover the dish with aluminum foil during the final 10–15 minutes.
10. Allow the pie to rest for 20–30 minutes before serving so the warm apple filling can thicken.

Serve it warm just as it is—or add a small scoop of vanilla ice cream, a spoonful of vanilla Greek yogurt, or a dollop of lightly whipped cream.

Simple ingredients, beautiful apples, and the fragrance of cinnamon filling the kitchen—sometimes the coziest desserts are also the easiest. 🍎🥧🌿

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