Best and Easy Dutch Apple Pie Recipe
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Ingredients
Crust
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup and 1 tablespoon shortening
- 2 to 3 tablespoons cold water
Filling
- 8 cups peeled and sliced apples
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Topping
- ½ cup butter at room temperature
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Instructions
- In medium container, combine 1 cup flour and the salt.
- Cut in shortening. Add with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost leaves side of mixing bowl.
- Gather pastry into a container. Shape into crushed round on softly floured surface. Cover flattened round of pastry in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 45 minutes.
- Warm oven to 400°F. Roll apple pie dough into circle 2 inches larger than 9-inch pie plate. Fold the pastry and place in pie plate. Unfold and push gently into plate, pressing tightly against bottom and side and being careful not to stretch out pastry. Trim looming edge of pastry 1 inch from rim of pie plate.
- In large container, toss stuffing ingredients. Pour into pie plate, adding apples toward center.
- In medium container, use pastry blender or fingers to mix butter, 1 cup flour and the brown sugar until a crumb form. Drizzle evenly over top of pie. Add 1 tablespoon granulated sugar on top.
- Bake until pie crust and crumb topping are deep golden brown and filling begins to bubble (45 to 55 minutes). Wait until cool.