Dutch Apple Pie

This Dutch Apple Pie is my all-time favorite apple pie! Made with a flaky homemade pie crust, a deliciously flavorful apple pie filling and it’s finished with a sweet and buttery streusel crumb topping. Pie doesn’t get any better than this!

So what’s the difference between a Dutch, French or American style apple pie? The typical American apple pies are all flakey, butter or shortening crust based, with a crust enclosing the apple filling both above and beneath. While Dutch apple pie is typically covered in a sweet crumb topping or covered in a lattice, and a French apple pie comes in several variations made with an egg based cookie-like pastry dough, a puff pastry dough or a crumb topping. French apple pie also commonly contains raisins in the filling.

Ingredients:

1 cup (142g) unbleached all-purpose flour* (scoop and level)

2 tsp granulated sugar

1/4 tsp (heaping) salt

8 Tbsp (113g) unsalted butter, well chilled, diced into small cubes

3 - 5 Tbsp ice water

Crumb Topping

1/2 cup packed (100g) light brown sugar

3/4 cup (106g) unbleached all-purpose flour (scoop and level)

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

1/8 tsp salt

6 Tbsp (85g) unsalted butter, melted

1 tsp vanilla extract

Apple Filling

1 1/4 lbs (4 small) golden delicious apples, peeled cored and sliced 1/4-inch thick*

1 1/4 lbs (4 small) granny smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced 1/6-inch thick

2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted

1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar

3 Tbsp (26g) unbleached all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon