Apple Crumb Pie

1 prepared refrigerated piecrust

Crumb:
3/4 c packed light-brown sugar
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
pinch ground cloves
3/4 c unsalted butter, cut into pieces and chilled
1/3 c chopped walnuts (optional)

Pie Filling:
6 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and cut in 1/2 inch dice
3/4 c packed light-brown sugar
1/4 c all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
pinch ground cloves
1 Tbls confectioners sugar

Arrange a rack in the lowest slot of your oven. Heat oven to 375. Fit piecrust into a 9 inch pie plate and decoratively crimp edge. refigerate until you are ready to add filling.

Crumb: Combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and cloves in bowl. Rub in butter with fingertips until crumbly. Stir in nuts.

Filling: In a large bowl, toss together apples, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and cloves. Spoon filling into pie shell, mounding slightly in the center. Top filling wiht cromb topping. Place on small foil-lined baking sheet.

Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. reduce temp to 350, bake 30 minutes more until fruit is tender. Loosely tent pie w/ aluminum foil during last 20 mins.