May 9, 2010

Dutch Apple Pie

This pie turned out a lot  better than I expected, especially since it was my first time ever making a dutch apple pie. So here's the recipe, enjoy!

Dutch Apple Pie
Ingredients:
1 - 9 inch pie crust (I made mine from scratch, but you can buy one from the store)
8 medium apples (I used Granny Smith)
4 tbsp lemon juice

Streusel Topping:
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup and 2 tbsp flour
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tpsn salt
1/2 cup butter 
1/2 cup walnuts (I left these out, because I hate nuts, and it still tasted fabulous)

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees
2. Core, peel, and slice apples. Place applies and lemon juice in a bowl and mix well. (set aside)

3. Mix brown sugar, white sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt.
4. Cut in butter with pastry blender (and chopped nuts if you are using them). *careful on this step, if you cut in too much then it just starts to blend. You want it to turn into tiny fluffy balls / crumbs for best results.

5. Add half of the streusel mixture to the apples and mix well.
6. Place apple mixture into the crust, and then sprinkle the rest of the streusel crumbs on top.
7. Put foil around the crust so it doesn't burn. Bake at 375 for 40 mins, remove foil and bake an additional 20 mins