The perfect holiday pie recipe for the entire family
Looking for the perfect homemade apple pie for the holidays? We’ve got you covered. This Cinnamon Roll Apple Crumb Pie is the perfect dessert to top off any holiday meal. Biting into it is like eating a dutch apple pie and breakfast cinnamon rolls all in one.
First, with a can of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls (we used the pumpkin flavored but you can use any kind), cut them into smaller thinner rolls and line the bottom of the pie dish. Do not leave any open space. We drizzled the icing over them here. Feel free to drizzle it over the finished pie instead.
On the stove, mix apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, lemon juice and flour until apples are soft. Pour it over the cinnamon rolls.
Next make your crumb topping by grating cold butter into a large bowl. Add in flour and brown sugar and mix till crumbles form. Sprinkle over apples.
Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees and then let cool before serving. This pie is excellent when topped with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Cinnamon Roll Apple Crumb Pie
Ingredients
- 1 package Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls with Icing 8ct.
- 8 large apples (approx 8 cups of apples sliced and peeled)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp butter for pie filling
- 12 tbsp butter for Crumb Topping
- 2/3 cup brown sugar for Crumb Topping
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour for Crumb Topping
Instructions
Cinnamon Roll Pie Crust
- Grease bottom of a 10in pie crust pan
- Open package of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls and cut into thinner slices making as many as possible.
- Press each slice of cinnamon rolls onto the bottom of the pie dish making sure each slices is touching and leaving no space between them. Set aside.
Apple Filling
- Peel, core and slice apples thinly.
- Place apples in large saucepan. Sprinkle the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon juice over the apples.
- Cook over medium low heat till stiring several times until the appples soften (about 15 minutes).
- Pour the apple mixture into the pie dish. Press down on apples so they lay flat and don't have much space between them.
- Dot the top of the apples with the butter. Set aside.
Crumb Topping
- Grate cold butter sticks into a large bowl. Alternately you can dice it small.
- Add brown sugar.
- Add flour and work the butter into the flour and sugar until the mixture forms coarse crumbs.
- Sprinkle crumb mixture ontop of apples in pie dish. Lightly press down leaving no open space. If you press too hard, the crumbs will loose their crumbly look.
- Bake at 350° Fahrenheit for 40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and apples are soft. You can also look at the bottom of the pie crust to see if the cinnamon rolls have browned.
- Allow to cool to room temperature before cutting.
Notes
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