Apple Slab Pie

This large apple slab pie with a crunchy, sweet cinnamon-sugar topping is an easy, crowd-pleasing dessert. Great for parties or potlucks!

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 405 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons water
• 2 egg yolks, beaten
• 8 apples - peeled, cored and cut into thin wedges
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.5 cup shortening
• 0.66666668653488 cup butter
• 1.75 cups white sugar
• 1.5 tablespoons white sugar
• 0.66666668653488 cup brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) Combine 1 ½ cups flour, 1 ½ tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Cut in ½ cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix egg yolk and water together until blended; add to flour and mix to form a dough. Roll out dough to fit the bottom of a 10x15-inch pan.

Step 2

Combine apples and lemon juice in a large bowl; add 1 ¾ cups white sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Pour filling into pie crust and dot with 2 tablespoons butter.

Step 3

Combine 1 cup flour, ⅔ cup brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl; cut in ⅔ cup butter until crumbly, then sprinkle over apples.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown, about 1 hour.