I have made this a couple times and my husband keeps requesting it. It's delicious with the cheddar crust, but now I'm excited to try it with the crumb topping! I've used apple juice so far, but just ordered some boiled cider because I think the mixture would cook down to a syrup faster. With apple juice, at least for me, it took the mixture closer to 30 minutes to cook down the way I wanted it to look. After my apples got soft, I removed them and turned up the heat to reduce the liquid. Yummy pie though- highly recommended! One shortcut you can try (although once you've tried the Boiled Cider, this will be moot) is to use undiluted apple juice concentrate. Susan

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