I mostly decided that I wanted to include a foodie friday into my rotation because I want to push myself to try new things. I get into a rut fixing the same things over and over, but I tend to play it safe with a picky husband to feed. I promise to be totally honest. I would prefer to only share recipes I really did like, but sometimes this might be- well I did try something new, but we didn't really like it. Or, it might just be me sharing the recipe to one of our staple dinners from time to time.
This week, I am sharing a semi-homemade pie I threw together this past weekend. No particular reason except that Pillsbury crusts come in packs of two and when I make a chicken pot-pie I only need one. I'm really tired of having that second crust sit in my fridge for another month and sometimes go bad. So I chose to make a pie!
I am way too lazy to make an apple pie from scratch, but I did have all of the ingredients to make a crumble topping for the top. Inspired by a Trader Joe's cherry crumb pie we had a couple of weeks ago, I decided to use my more shallow pie plate, only one can of apple pie filling, and of course the homemade crumble. It was the perfect ratio of everything for us, Kyle LOVED it and even said the crumble would have been just fine alone with ice cream. This will be the new go-to quick dessert plan.
Quick Apple Pie
1 Pillsbury crust
1 can of Apple Pie filling. Your choice.
Crimp the crust into your shallow pie plate. This is particularly important if you are only using one can of filling. If you don't have a shallower one, then just use 2 cans of filling. I just didn't want a super full pie. Pour your filling in.
Crumble
1/4 C quick oats
1/2 C All Purpose flour
1/2 C lightly packed brown sugar
4 Tbs melted butter
About 1/4-1/2 tsp freshly grated cinnamon. It really does taste/smell different than what you buy already ground. I just like the spicier scent of it but I'm sure regular ground cinnamon would be just fine. I just kinda grated until I was tired of grating some I'm not real sure on the amount here.
Mix ingredients together. It should be just wet enough to incorporate all of the flour, not sticky. Crumble onto your pie.
Bake on 425F for 40 minutes. Make it easier on yourself and put your pie on a cookie sheet so you can pull it out of the oven more easily. Let cool on a wire rack for about 2 hours for easier slicing.
Seriously. Make it. Eat with some vanilla ice cream. It is heaven. You don't have to tell anyone its barely homemade.
Today I am linking up here and here.
Check back next week for a healthy dinner recipe that I am trying out tonight!
I find blogging about recipes handy for getting me to try new things too - so whether they turned out awesome or meh, I'm absolutely putting that post up, because that was the whole point of even trying the recipe, ha! I like how easy and yummy this one sounds. Crumble topping is a must for apple pies in my book. I know two boys around here who would adore it too.
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