Butterscotch Crumb Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 cups pared cored and sliced tart cooking apples
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pastry shells
• 6 ounces nestle toll house butterscotch chips
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• whipped cream (optional) or ice cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 ---forfilling---.
• 3 mix together apples and lemon juice in a large bowl.
• 4 in a small bowl, mix together sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt; pour over apples, coating apples well.
• 5 if using frozen pie shell, use deep-dish type, and bake on cookie sheet for 10 minutes to thaw.
• 6 pour apples into pie shell.
• 7 cover edges of pie crust with aluminum foil to prevent burning.
• 8 bake at 375 degrees f.
• 9 for 20 minutes.
• 10 ---fortopping---.
• 11 in top of double boiler, stir together morsels and butter until they are melted; remove from heat.
• 12 stir in flour and salt; mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 13 remove foil from pie crust; sprinkle topping over pie.
• 14 bake an additional 20-25 minutes or until crust is golden and pie is bubbly.
• 15 serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.