Recipes

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Crust:

Roll dough into a 14-inch circle; fit into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate coated with cooking spray.

Fold edges under; flute.

Place pie plate in refrigerator until ready to use.

Streusel:

Lightly spoon 1/3 cup flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.

Combine 1/3 cup flour, brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

Place the streusel in refrigerator.

Filling:

Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat.

Add sliced apple, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; cook 10 minutes or until the apple is tender, stirring mixture occasionally.

Spoon the apple mixture into prepared crust.

Combine remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, salt, and eggs, stirring with a whisk.

Stir in buttermilk and vanilla.

Pour over apple mixture.

Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.

Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees (do not remove pie from oven); sprinkle streusel over pie.

Bake at 300 degrees for 40 minutes or until set. Let stand 1 hour before serving.

TIP:

The key to both a flaky pie crust and crisp streusel topping is to keep them as cold as possible before putting them into the oven.