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• 1 Pillsbuy Pie crust
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• three shakes of salt
• 8 cups thinly sliced apples (about 8 medium)

Crumb Topping:

• ½ cup all purpose flour
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup cold butter
• ½ cup chopped almonds

Heat oven to 425. Put pie crust in 9″ pie plate. Mix sugar, flour, salt, and almond extract in large bowl. Stir in apples. Put mixture in pie plate.

Mix Crumb Topping ingredients in medium bowl until crumbly. One way to do this is by putting all into a food processor and pulsing a few times. Sprinkle topping over apple mixture.

Bake 50 minutes. Cover with a sheet of foil during last 10 minutes.

Serves 8.