Apple Crumble Pie (Dutch Apple Pie)
This apple crumble pie is made with a delicious spiced apple pie filling, topped with a decadent flavorful crumble topping, inside a flakey butter pie crust.
Ingredients
Pie Crust:
- 2 ½ cups Flour
- 200 g Butter
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
- 8 tablespoon Ice water
Apple pie filling:
- 5 Apples large
- 2 tablespoon Lemon juice
- 1 ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
- 3 tablespoon Granulated sugar
- ½ cup Flour
- 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla
Crumble topping:
- 1 cup Flour
- ½ cup Brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 3 tablespoon Sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
Instructions
Pie crust:
- Start by making the pie dough. In a food processor, add the flour, sugar, and salt, and mix until combined.
- Add cold cubed butter and blend until the butter and the flour mixture are combined.
- Add ice water and mix for 10 seconds. Press the dough between your fingertips and if the dough comes together, it’s ready. If not, add another tablespoon of water.
- Transfer the dough to a clean floured surface and gather the dough into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least an hour.
- Transfer the pie dough disk onto a clean floured surface and roll with a rolling pin into a circle and transfer it into a pie pan. Cut off the extra edges. Make little holes with a fork and freeze for 20 minutes.
Apple pie filling:
- Peel, slice, and core your apples. Slice your apples into even thin slices so they bake evenly. You will need about 5 big apples or 7 cups of apples for this recipe.
- Transfer your sliced apples into a big mixing bowl and add lemon juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, granulated sugar, flour, nutmeg, and vanilla extract. Mix with a spoon until the apples are covered evenly.
- Set aside while you make the apple crumble topping.
Apple crumble pie topping:
- In a small mixing bowl, add the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Mix until combined.
- Add the cold butter and use a fork, pastry cutter, or your hands to mix until the batter is combined and crumbly.
- Transfer your apple pie filling into your cooled pie crust and spread it with a spoon, fork, or spatula to smooth it out evenly.
- Spread the crumble on top of the apple pie filling and try to cover all the apple pie filling.
- Bake in a 200c (400f) preheated oven for 20 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 190c (375f) and bake for another 30-35 minutes or until the top of the pie is golden brown and the apples are bubbly.
Notes
Use COLD butter, we suggest cutting the butter into cubes and then placing it in the fridge, so when you are ready to use it, it will be very cold.
Use fresh apples. We find making apple crumble pie with fresh apples instead of canned apples or canned apple pie filling is the best way to make apple crumble pie. The naturally sweet and tart flavors that the apples naturally have makes apple pie irresistible.
Freeze the unbaked pie for about 20 minutes before baking, this step stops the pie crust from browning too quickly.
Place the pie in the lower third of the oven to stop the pie from browning too quickly.
Don’t skip brushing the apple pie with egg wash. (one egg and a tablespoon of milk or cream)
Make sure that your apple pieces are about the same size, this step ensures that the apples bake evenly.
For the crumble, make sure that your butter is cold! you don't want a big blob, you want a crumbly mixture.
Let the pie cool to room temperature before serving. This step is very important. If you slice your pie when it's hot, you will have a loose pie. For a thick filling let the pie cool to room temperature, this step allows the apple pie filling to thicken up.
Nutrition
Calories: 455kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 6gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 309mgPotassium: 178mgFiber: 4gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 551IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 3mg
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