Strudel Topped Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 5-8 apples I use Gala or Rome. Dad alway preferred Staymen. Macintosh make mushy pies. Delicious are anything but in a pie.
• 1/2 c. sugar (to taste - also dependent on apples)
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. allspice, nutmeg, and ground cloves
• 1 frozen deep-dish pie crust
• 1/2 c. butter
• 1/2 c. light brown sugar (packed)
• 1 c. all-pourpose flour

Instructions

1. Peel, core, & slice apples sufficient to fill pie shell. (I prefer to leave a lot of the peel on, but I'm lazy)
2. Toss with sugar & spices or layer in apples as you put in shell.
3. Pre-heat over to 400 degrees
4. Mix brown sugar, butter, & flour together. Butter can be melted, but better if just very soft.
5. Mix until well blended and crumbly.
6. Place over the apples.
7. If your mixture is really dry, press into apples so it holds together. If the mxture is really wet (i.e. you melted the butter), it can almost be placed like pieces of pastry. Melting the butter tends to stretch the dough coverage & you might be able to reduce the amount needed.
8. Bake for 45-60 minutes. Test the doneness of apples with a fork.