Space Needle Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 3 apples (granny smith)
• 3 apples (rome beauty)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (fresh is best)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 pie crusts (unbaked)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f and place pastry into pie pans.
• 2 beat butter in a small bowl until fluffy; add dry ingredients and mix gently until well combined.
• 3 peel, core and slice apples into 1/4" slices (about 6 cups total).
• 4 sprinkle with lemon juice and vanilla; mix well.
• 5 add dry ingredients to apples, toss well and spoon evenly into pie shells.
• 6 sprinkle each with half of streusel topping.
• 7 bake 40 to 45 minutes or until topping is deep golden brown.
• 8 cut each pie into six pieces and serve on individual plates.