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    Home » Recipes » Pies, Cakes & Breads

    Pie Bliss: Amish Vanilla Crumb Pie

    Published: May 6, 2014 · Updated: Nov 14, 2020 by Kevin Williams | 6 Comments

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    Wow, oh wow…..Pie Week on Amish365.com continues with this amazing Heaven in a crust:  Vanilla Crumb Pie.  I tasted some Amish-made vanilla crumb pie recently and it was just indescribable…but I'll try anyway.  It has a crumbly crumb topping (I love crumb toppings) encasing a layer of gooey, brown sugary bliss.  This vanilla crumb pie recipe below is a gem that I got from an Amish woman in Virginia.

    Vanilla Crumb Pie
    Vanilla Crumb Pie, one of my favorite Amish pies!

    The formulations for vanilla crumb pie are all pretty much the same, so with the recipe below you can create your own pie bliss.

    The Amish are known for their simple scratch-made pies like brown sugar pie, milk pie, bob any pie, etc, but this one may take the cake...er the pie...for best simple confections.

    Vanilla Crumb Pie Thanksgiving Spread

    Reader Dee C. in Wooster, Ohio was kind enough to share a scene from her Thanksgiving table.  But, first, I'd be remiss without a word about Wooster.

    Wooster is a unique place, the county seat of Wayne County, Ohio, on the edge of Amish Country.  I was a featured author at the Buckeye Book Fair held every November on the campus of Wooster College.  That was six years ago this month and the evening before the book fair brought a heavy band of lake effect snow, so that was kind of neat.  But not long before that a tornado had hit the Wooster campus, and you could see mangled structures from that. So it was a surreal scene walking into the event on a snowy morning with very summery tornado damage as a backdrop.

    The population of Wooster is about 25,000 and it, in my mind, is a "gateway town."  Because once you are to Wooster you feel like you've arrived in the more urban, industrial areas of NE Ohio.  Go south of Wooster and you head deep into Ohio's rural Amish country.   Wooster (pronounced Wuhster) is a neat little town if you ever have a chance to go.

    Okay, from neat little towns to neat little pies.....Dee (man, my family's Thanksgiving spread was awesome, but it didn't include this pie, if Wooster were closer to me, Dee would have had an unexpected supper guest!) made Vanilla Crumb Pie part of her menu on Thanksgiving Day.  This pie is one of my absolute favorites and Dee's version of it turned out gorgeous.  So I know you're all stuffed still and so am I, but you might want to consider this pie as part of your Christmas gathering menu.  Thank you Dee for sharing these beautiful photos!

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    • 🥧 Pie Ingredients
    • 📋 Pie Instructions
    • 🥧 Additional Crumb Recipes
    • 📖 Full Recipe

    🥧 Pie Ingredients

    PIE

    • ½ cup brown sugar
    • 1 tbsp flour
    • ¼ cup corn syrup
    • 1 cup water
    • 1 egg
    • 2 tsp vanilla

    CRUMB TOPPING

    • 1 cup flour
    • ½ cup brown sugar
    • ½ tsp cream of tartar
    • ½ tsp baking soda
    • ¼ cup butter

    📋 Pie Instructions

    1. In a saucepan, bring filling ingredients to a boil.
    2. Let cool slightly.
    3. Combine crumb ingredients.
    4. Pour cooled sauce in an unbaked pie crust.
    5. Add crumbs on top.
    6. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

    🥧 Additional Crumb Recipes

    > Mrs. Glick's Amish Coffee Crumb Cake

    > Yoder's Amish Apple Crumb

    > The Amish Cook Crumble Dessert

    > Julia's Vanilla Crumb Bars

    > Amish Homemade Crumb Cake

    > Blackberry Crumb Cake

    > Salted Caramel Apple Crumb Bars


    📖 Full Recipe

    Slice of Vanilla Crumb Pie

    Amish Vanilla Crumb Pie

    Vanilla Crumb Pie has a crumbly crumb topping (I love crumb toppings) encased in a layer of gooey, brown sugary bliss.
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Total Time 5 hrs 50 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Amish
    Servings 1 pie

    Ingredients
      

    PIE

    • ½ cup brown sugar
    • 1 tablespoon flour
    • ¼ cup corn syrup
    • 1 cup water
    • 1 egg
    • 2 teaspoon vanilla

    CRUMB TOPPING

    • 1 cup flour
    • ½ cup brown sugar
    • ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ cup butter

    Instructions
     

    • In a saucepan, bring filling ingredients to a boil. let cool slightly
    • Combine crumb ingredients
    • Pour cooled sauce in an unbaked pie crust.Add crumbs on top
    • Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Helen Baser

      January 05, 2015 at 11:37 am

      What am I doing wrong, I can't seem to print out the recipes

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      • Kevin

        January 05, 2015 at 12:22 pm

        Helen, I need a bit more info. There is a print button on the upper right of the recipe, what happens when you click that?

        Reply
    2. Carolanna Dyck

      November 19, 2016 at 6:14 pm

      Re: Amish Vanilla Crean Pie. Is that 1/4 C. Corn syrup? What size pie pan is recommended? Thanks!

      Reply
      • Kevin

        November 19, 2016 at 11:23 pm

        Yes, 1/4 cup corn syrup and use a 9" pie pan...thanks for stopping by Carolanna!

        Reply
    3. Thea Kotroba

      April 20, 2020 at 12:13 pm

      This was a big hit. I'm making it for the second time during quarintine at the request of my family!

      Reply
      • Kevin

        April 20, 2020 at 1:18 pm

        I LOVE vanilla crumb pie, it's one of my favorites, glad you are enjoying it!

        Reply

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