Deep Dish Apple Crumb Crunch Pie

A few years ago I asked dear son what he wanted for dessert on his birthday. Pie. Apple pie to be exact. But not a normal one. Couldn't I make some kind of pie that has apples and is creamy? Then the Sicilian king of food textures says, how about some crunch to it?! The result is below, and has to be made for someone's birthday yearly now.

Deep Dish Apple Crumb Crunch Pie

2 pie crusts worth of dough
One can apple pie filling
1/4 cup granola
6 small green& red apples
Cinnamon 2 tsp
Flour 4 tbsp
Sugar 2 tbsp
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1/2 cup flour
Stick butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
A can Eagle brand
2 eggs
1/4 cup small granola (bottom of the bag)
Vanilla 1 tsp
Almond extract 1/2 tsp
Small bag 1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries

Set Oven at 425. Put the rack on bottom.

Line a 8x11 casserole with crust, trim and edge.

Pour pie filling in the crust and spread around.

Peel and slice apples and mix with flour, sugar, 1/4 cup granola and cinnamon. Put in pan. Bake for 15 min.

Apart, melt 1/4 cup butter. Off heat add eagle brand, vanilla, almond extract and eggs. Mix well. In a separate bowl mix brown sugar and 1/2 cup flour, then cut in the other 1/4 cup butter till crumbly and mix in last bit of the granola.


When the pie is out of oven, sprinkle the raisins over, and
pour the milk egg mixture over the top filling in the cracks. With foil you'll need to cover the crust edge as it'll be getting browned already. Lower oven to 375.

Top pie with the crumb mixture, then sprinkle with slivered almonds and bake at 375 for 30 min.

Serve warm with vanilla Ice cream. Preferably Bluebell Homemade, or REAL homemade. Store in fridge.

Notes: if you buy crusts and try to unite them to fill your pan, be sure and keep crust the same single thickness throughout. Don't double anywhere as it'll end up gooey and dry.
 ***We made this on a Monday, and we ate half the dish.  The rest went in the fridge.  Wednesday afternoon dear son calls me and says, "Mom, we DO have pie left, right?"..."Son, it's been two days.  Of course we don't."...(silence)..."YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!...SERIOUSLY???...THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE!..." the expressions of disappointment and disillusionment continued for a few minutes until the sad realization that nothing was to be done sank in.  Poor kid.  May have to make another one...