No Crust Apple Pie Recipes

Steps:

• For the apple pie spice: Mix together the cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cardamom if using in a small bowl.
• For the apples: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the apple halves core-side down on a flat surface. Before slicing, place chopsticks or wooden spoons on either side of them to make sure you don't cut all the way through. Slice almost all the way to the bottom of each apple half at 1/4-inch intervals, then place them on a sheet pan.
• Mix 1 tablespoon of the butter, 1 tablespoon of the brown sugar, 2 teaspoons of the apple pie spice and the orange juice in a pitcher. Drizzle over the apples, making sure they are well coated and the drizzle goes into the slits. Bake until they are just starting to get tender, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix together the oats, almonds, salt, remaining melted butter, remaining brown sugar, orange zest and remaining apple pie spice. Sprinkle the oat mixture over the apples, making sure to get some between the slices without breaking the apples. Bake until the topping is slightly crisp and golden, another 10 minutes. Drizzle with honey and serve with ice cream.

Steps:

• Combine 6 or 7 large cooking apples with the sugar, water, cinnamon, ground allspice in a large saucepan; bring to a boil.
• (I also add fresh grated nutmeg and a squeeze of lemon juice.)
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 8 to 10 minutes or until apples are almost tender.
• Spoon mixture into a deep-dish 9-inch pie-plate.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt; cut in butter with a pastry blender or use finger tips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• (Next time I will use only 1/8 tsp of salt in the crumble.).
• Crumble brown sugar mixture over apples.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until top is browned.
• Serve with ice cream, if desired.
• Yield: one 9-inch pie.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Butter a 9" pie plate.
• Pile apples in plate and sprinkle with 2/3 cup sugar, 3 TBS butter and cinnamon.
• In food processor, pulse butter and sugar until combined; add flour and salt, pulse till combined.
• Press this crumbly mixture firmly over apples.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Serve garnished with whipped cream, or ice cream if desired.
• Note: For variation, recipe can be made with peaches.

Steps:

• 1. Butter one (9-inch) pie plate.
• 2. Pile sliced apples in the pie plate.
• 3. Sprinkle the 2/3 cup of sugar over the apples.
• 4. Sprinkle the cinnamon over the sugar/apples.
• 5. Top the pie with pats of butter, with the 3 tablespoons of butter.
• 6. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• 7. Combine together, the 1/2 cup of butter, dark brown sugar, flour and salt. (I just use my fingers to thoroughly mix these ingredients together.)
• 8. Press the crumbly mixture firmly over the apples.
• 9. Place your pie plate filled with apples (and topped with crumbly crust), onto a large pizza tin, so any juice from the apples will drip onto the pizza tin.
• 10. Bake pie in oven for 45 minutes.
• 11. Cool pie slightly, or completely, before eating.
• 12. Serve pie with vanilla ice cream, or with Reddi Wip, or Cool Whip.
• 13. *Note: The apples I used to make this pie were, McIntosh Apples.