crumble for apple pie
Aromatic Apple Filling
Apples are clearly the essential ingredients. You can use cooking apples (or apples for cooking), but actually, any type will certainly be OK as long as you are fine with either a mushier or chunkier apple part. Also, if you choose tangy apple, you may need to include more sugar to stabilize the tart taste. However when I add sweet apples, I often completely leave out the sugar in the apple mix.
However, cinnamon for me is a required component in the apple filling. One teaspoon ground cinnamon makes certain the dessert (as well as your entire house!) will smell beautiful. You can additionally add some cloves to your apple dessert for some extra taste.