The crust on this Crazy Crust Apple Pie is crazy and that’s because you don’t really have to make a crust at all. It’s a crust-free technique but you still end up with a complete, crust-surrounded pie in the end. Pure crazy magic and I never would have known about it if I hadn’t found this gem of a recipe card.
What Do You Need For Crazy Crust Apple Pie?
Well, you don’t need a pie crust. Instead you need flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, an egg, shortening, and water. That’s the “crust.” Beyond that, you need apple pie filling, lemon juice, and cinnamon (though really this method would work with any fruit filling you’d want to work with).
How Do You Make Crazy Crust Apple Pie?
You simply mix together the crust ingredients with a hand mixer and then pour it into a pie pan. Then you pour your filling into the center of that batter but you don’t stir whatsoever. You can smooth the filling out a bit if it’s too mounded in the center.
And then you bake. For about 45 minutes in a 425 degree oven.
And in that oven, magic happens. The batter bakes into a beautiful crisp golden ring around the filling and lines the bottom too. It’s cakier than a traditional crust but it does the job just fine of supporting a sweet fruit filling, even if the slices are a little messier. It’s a little more like cobbler than a true pie but a great way to get a pie on the table in very quick fashion when you need one!
Yield(s): Yields 1 pie
5m prep time
45m cook time
Ingredients:
FOR THE CRUST:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup water
FOR THE FILLING:
1 can apple pie filling
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 425°F.
In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, egg, shortening, and water with an electric mixer on medium speed. Pour batter into a 9-inch pie pan.
Combine the apple pie filling, lemon juice, and cinnamon and pout into center of batter but do not stir.
Bake 45-50 minutes.
