{
  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/apple-crumb-cake/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/apple-crumb-cake/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "apple-crumb-cake",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/apple-crumb-cake/",
  "title": "Apple Crumb Pie",
  "summary": "An apple pie with apples cooked in butter, cinnamon and pecans, over a shortcrust base and topped with crumbs of the same dough.",
  "categories": [
    "cakes"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 30,
    "cook": 40,
    "total": 70
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Filling",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": [
            4,
            5
          ],
          "item": "Granny Smith apples",
          "text": "4–5 Granny Smith apples"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "butter",
          "text": "2 tbsp butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "ground cinnamon",
          "text": "½ tsp ground cinnamon"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "3 tbsp sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "pecans",
          "text": "½ cup pecans"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Crumb dough",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "½ cup sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "butter",
          "text": "7 oz butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "all-purpose flour",
          "note": "plus 2 tbsp",
          "text": "2 cups all-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "item": "large egg, beaten",
          "text": "1 large egg, beaten"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "pinch",
          "item": "salt",
          "text": "1 pinch salt"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Filling",
      "steps": [
        "Peel the apples and slice them.",
        "Put the apples, sugar and butter in a skillet and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.",
        "Remove from the heat and stir in the cinnamon and pecans."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Dough and baking",
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).",
        "In a food processor, pulse the dough ingredients, except the egg, into crumbs.",
        "Add the egg and process until the dough forms a ball.",
        "Divide the dough into two-thirds and one-third.",
        "Roll out the larger piece and line a pie pan with it. Crumble the smaller piece into crumbs.",
        "Spread the apples over the dough and scatter the crumbs on top.",
        "Bake for about 30 minutes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [],
  "updated": "2026-10-11"
}