Dutch Apple Berry Pie

Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale. ― Lauren DeStefano

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.  ~Albert Camus

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.  ~Stanley Horowitz

Ingredients:

• 1  homemade pie crust or 1 ready-made pie crust
• 4 med  green apples, sliced
• 1/2 cup raspberries
• 1/2 cup  blueberries
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Topping:

• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° F (175 degrees C).
2. Fit pie crust into 9 inch deep dish pie plate.
3. In a large bowl, mix sliced apples, lemon juice, both sugars, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg; pour into pie shell.
4. Prepare topping in a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves and nutmeg. Mix until dry and crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over fruit.
5. Bake for 40 minutes, or until topping is brown. Cool on a wire rack. 

Yield: 6-8 servings.