Apple Streusel Mince Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 9 in. unbaked pastry shell
• 3 all-purpose apples, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup unsifted flour, plus
• 3 tablespoons unsifted flour
• 2 tablespoons margarine or 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 (32 ounce) jar ready to use mincemeat (regular or brandy & rum)
• 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup cold butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts (i use walnuts)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, toss apples with 3 tablespoons flour and the melted margarine; arrange in a pastry shell.
• 2 (to save time, you can use a frozen pastry shell, thawed).
• 3 top apples with mincemeat.
• 4 in medium bowl, combine remaining 1/2 cup flour, sugar and cinnamon; cut in cold margarine until crumbly.
• 5 add nuts; sprinkle over mincemeat.
• 6 bake in lower half of 425* degree oven 10 minutes.
• 7 reduce oven temperature to 375*; bake 25 minutes longer or until golden brown.
• 8 cool.
• 9 serve with whipping cream.
• 10 (prior to removing your pie from the oven, insert a knife or fork to test the doneness of the apples- i made this pie for thanksgiving and used 3 different apples, one of them did not cook up as fast as the other two and i had some"crunchy" bites- it was s).