Delicious Dutch Apple Pie

 

 Dutch Apple Pie is my all time favorite pie.  Homemade crust, apples , cinnamon and the crumb topping...I love the crumb topping.

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Of all the delicates which Britons try
To please the palate of delight the eye,
Of all the sev'ral kings of sumptuous far,
There is none that can with applepie compare.

William King 

Good grief you have to love the genius of the first person to ever decide to take fruit, put it in a pastry crust and create pie.  There have been lots of adaptions along the way.  We have hand fried apple pies, we eat it  La mode, with a top crust..well the possibilities are endless.  This recipe for Dutch Apple Pie is absolutely wonderful.  The filling in the pie sets up nicely, if there's one thing that drives me batty its when the filling spills out and onto the pie plate.  This set up perfectly , even though I cut it when it was slightly warm.  You can save yourself some time and use a premade pie crust.  I made homemade and will include that recipe after the pie filling recipe just in case you want to try it.  It always turns out so flaky and delicious and can be made a day ahead and stored in the fridge.  I've said this before and I'm saying it again.  Lemon does wonderful things to apples, it brightens their flavor just like it does for berries.  Please don't skip tossing the apples with lemon juice.  The apple filling recipe didn't have enough cinnamon in it for my taste buds so next time I'll be making this with 1 tsp cinnamon in the filling.    My husband stood in the kitchen waving the pie in the air trying to make it cool faster so he could have a slice.  LOL!!  And when he finally got a slice, it was followed by another.  You're going to love this Dutch Apple Pie!  Enjoy!

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Dutch Apple Pie
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Apple Filling :
Ingredients

1 of your favorite homemade pie crusts or 1 ready-made pie crust
5 1/2 cups peeled cored sliced cooking apples ( I used Gala Apples)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon ( next time I'll use 1 tsp cinnamon)
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Topping:
Ingredients

3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, room temperature ( I used butter)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F.
Fit pie crust into pie plate.
In a large bowl, mix sliced apples, lemon juice, both sugars,flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Pile into crust.
Prepare topping:.
In a medium bowl, with a pastry blender or a fork, mix flour, both sugars, and butter until coarsely crumbled.
Sprinkle evenly over apples.
Bake at 375°F for 50 minutes.

Buttery Flaky Pie Crust Recipe
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Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter ( put the butter in the freezer long enough to get very cold, then grate it , return it to the freezer til your ready to use it.  It incorporates into the flour faster and more evenly grated)
1/4 cup very cold water ( you can also put this in the freezer til it has ice crystals on it)
 
Directions:
I have mixed the flour and salt in a bowl and put it in the freezer as well.  Having all the ingredients very cold is the key to making this butter crust. 

In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
 I've never waited 4 hours for it to refrigerate, 2 hours is the longest refrigeration time I've ever given the dough before using it the same day.  I have made it and placed it in the fridge overnight to use the next day..
Roll dough out to fit a 9 inch pie plate. Place crust in pie plate. Press the dough evenly into the bottom and sides of the pie plate.