Oatmeal Crust Apple Pie

Hey you,
Ok so... I really have no vision to make this a food blog (unless it involves coffee) but I love takeing recipes and making them my own and today in my frustration I some how cobbled together something so amazingly delicious I surprised myself.  Since I want to remember what I did for future reference and I'd be happy to share it with you i figured I'd document it.  I took two recipes and blended them together and tweaked them based on reviews and my own tastes. The crust and topping came from THE SPICE HOUSE http://www.thespicehouse.com/recipes/apple-pie-with-oatmeal-crust-recipe (that website looked really cool, i wonder if they carry Haitian vanilla?)and the filling was more inspired by Betty Crocker... because Betty Crocker can do no wrong.  I don't know if its a pie or a strudel or a cobbler or what but its worth repeating, so without further adieu:

Oatmeal Crust:
1 cup oats
3/4 cup flour
1/4 ground flax seed
1/4 tightly packed brown sugar
a dash of sea salt
a stick of melted butter
a tablespoon of honey (because it needed more liquid)
and some water maybe a bit over a table spoon... I wasn't paying attention, it was just a healthy splash alright?

Topping:
1/4 cup ground flax
1/4 cup oats
1/4 cup tightly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
cinnamon and allspice to taste, perhaps a teaspoon each
a handful of chopped pecans, optional but highly recommended, these things taste so good when you toast em like this!!!

Filling: 
4 or so apples cored and thinly sliced (firm green apples of coarse! peel em if you want but I left the skins on, I think skinning them is pretty unnecessary)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup ground flax
a few dashes of cinnamon
a few dashes of allspice
3 tablespoons butter (not melted)

Preheat oven to 425 (Fahrenheit)

Whisk together the dry ingredients for the crust. Add in melted butter whisk a bit more then add in water and honey.  Make sure all ingredients are just incorporated. I guess over mixing pastries is a sin of some sort.  Pat into a crust shape in your pie pan forget the rolling pin, that never does me any good, your fingers like getting all sugary and buttery anyways.

For the Filling: Stir together brown sugar, flax and spices pour over apples and make sure they are well coated.  dump into pie pan.... um if its not making a mound over your crust you don't have enough apples.  just sayin, those babies cook down.shave your butter with your all important butter knife and spread the shavings all over the top of the pie.  This is called dotting.  I think.

Ok make the topping first mix the dry ingredients, add melted butter, pecans mix well spread evenly over apples. You know the drill, look at you go, you pro cheffy you. 

Put it in the oven, like a boss. for 40-50 min. I checked on mine after 20 min and found the crumbs to be dark brown which is excellent because that's how I like LOVE my pecans... toasted well.  but I did cover it with foil for the last 20 and kick the temp down to 400 degrees.

It was pretty good I feel like the crust I modified came out perfectly... its not "pretty" but its so darn tasty I don't see why you'd care. It did brake a little but that's not something I worry about I'd rather it be delicious than serve nicely.  

Oh yeah let your pie cool before you cut it. Then put it in your mouth and enjoy it because that's where it belongs.  And feel good because you got your healthy fiber full and amino acid rich flax for the day.

Feel free to say hi in the comments because, you are beautifull and significant.

Peace be with you.

siC,
laura