Need apple pie topping recipe

[erik the bold]

Going to the relatives for Thanksgiving.  Was told I have to bring the apple pie.

I've got some really good homemade pie filling and a graham cracker crust, but need a recipe for the crumbly topping.

Any of you chefs have a good suggestion ?   

[BrokenPaw]

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter (cold).

Put it all in a bowl, and use a metal spatula to cut the butter up in the mix.  Keep just chopping the butter up until it's in pieces no bigger than a jellybean.  It'll end up coated in the sugar/flour mixture.

Pour this over the top of the pie right before you bake.

Done.

-BP

[Brian Williams]

GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST!!!!
Listen to Betty Crocker

1 Tsp soft butter (NOT MARGERINE)
1/3 cup good shortening
1 cup of flour
2 to 3 Tsp water
Dash of salt

mix by hand together with 2 knives or a crust cutter
makes 1 crust,

[BrokenPaw]

I'm going to have to concur with Brian Williams here; a graham-cracker crust is only appropriate for cream- and chocolate-based pies.  They are an abomination upon the face of the Apple-Pie Eating World.   

-BP

[lupinus]

grahm on an apple pie 

ewwwwww

for the love of pie man go to the store and pie a frozen pie shell

as for the topping I dont really have a recipie cause I eyeball it (im a bad little baker I hate to measure lol)

[Stickjockey]

Brian Williams has it, with the following caveats:

Use cold water. The colder the better.

Once it's mixed, handle it as little as possible. the more you roll/knead/mess with it, the tougher it'll get.

[Brian Williams]

yes use cold water, and definately mix it just enough to combine the mix, then roll out on a flour covered board, with a good rolling pin.

[lupinus]

when you are done mixing the water in it should look fiarly dry.

Pick a lump up in hand and squeeze it.  If its just enough to form a ball (even a crumbly one) you have enough water.  Wrap it in some parchment of a ziplock bag and toss it in the fridge to absobe the water and you will be good to go.

Ever made a pie and the crust shrank up?  To much water was the reason.

Frozen pie shells these days are very good and if you dont want to muck with pie dough I highly reccomend them.