Swedish Apple Pie (No Bottom Crust)

Step 1

Heat oven to 325F degrees. Lightly mist a 9-inch pie baking dish with nonstick spray. Set aside. Put the stick of butter in a microwave-safe measuring cup, and melt the butter (it should take about 25-30 seconds). Remove from microwave and allow butter to cool while you put the rest of the recipe together. (If you add piping hot melted butter and egg at the same time, you risk scrambling the egg, so that's why you cool the melted butter just a bit.)

Step 2

Core, peel and slice apples about 1/4-inch thick. Add apples directly to prepared pie dish. It will look 2/3 full to full. Drizzle with boiled cider, and sprinkle with apple pie spice. Set dish aside.

Step 3

In a bowl, combine all the topping ingredients -- flour, sugar, butter, egg and salt. I do this with a mixer, but you can do it by hand if you like. It will look a little softer than a cookie dough, but not as loose as a batter. Spread it over the top of the apples. I use a small offset spatula to do this. Sprinkle with coarse sugar crystals to give it a nice shiny look.

Step 4

Bake for 1 hour. Crust will be light brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Step 5

Serves 6. (Or at my house, 1 teenager and 2 adults...all gone.)