If you don’t like Dutch Apple Pie, your soul is empty. I don’t make the rules, I just report them. This pie recipe takes a little while to make, but it is absolutely worth the effort.

Ingredients

pie crust

• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 stick butter, divided into 8 tablespoons
• 1/4 cup ice water

apple Filling

• 6 apples. The best apples to use are Cortlands, Cosmic Crisps, or Granny Smiths. Macintosh apples would also work nicely.
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 tbsp. cinnamon
• 2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. cloves (optional but adds a nice flavor)

crumble topping

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 6 tbsp. butter, divided into tablespoons

Process

make the pie crust

You can use a store-bought pie crust, but it’s not too difficult to make your own. Here’s how.

1. In a food processor, pulse the flour and salt. Add the stick of butter and pulse again until the dough is crumbly. Drizzle in 1/4 cup of ice water.
2. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface.
3. Shape the dough into a disc. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it while you make the apple filling.

make the apple filling

1. Peel, core, and slice the apples. You can use one of these fancy apple wrecker devices if you like, it makes the work a lot easier.
2. Toss the apples, lemon juice, sugar, brown sugar, spices, and flour into a large bowl. Mix well with a wooden spoon, breaking the apples into chunks.

fill the pie

1. Take the pie crust out of the fridge. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into a 13-inch disc.
2. Place the disc into a pie tin.
3. Spoon the apple filling into the pie crust.

Add the crumble topping

1. Whisk the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a big mixing bowl.
2. Using your fingers, rub in the separated butter chunks. Rub the butter into the mixture until the mixture is crumbly.
3. Press the crumble topping into the top of the apple mixture.

bake the pie

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Put the pie tin onto a baking sheet covered with aluminum foil. This will catch any liquid that bubbles out of the pie and keep it from ruining your oven.
3. Bake the pie for 1 hour 10 minutes.
4. Cool 4 hours.
5. Serve! You can eat the pie by itself, or you can serve it with ice cream.

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