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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 3 cups AP flour
- 1/2 t Vietnamese cinnamon
- 1/2 t kosher salt
- Filling:
- 6 T unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 12 tart, preferably firm apples (about 6 lbs)âpeeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 T Vietnamese cinnamon
- 1/2 cup water, as necessary
- Topping:
- 3 cups rolled oats (Recipe Girl says quick cooking but I used old fashionedâresults might be crumblier but still worked)
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1 1/4 t Vietnamese cinnamon
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 1/2 t kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (chilled)
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