This Dutch Apple Pie is one of my all time favorites. Something about warm apples, brown sugar, and whipped cream that make the perfect combination.
This pie has rave reviews and is loved by everyone plus it's so simple to make. I'm sure you will love it just as much as my family does, you have to try this one!
Best Dessert Recipe:
I love a good Classic Apple Pie Recipe, but the crumbly topping on this Dutch Apple Pie is so good I may have a hard time picking which one will be going on my table for dessert.
I could make both Dutch Apple Pie and the classic, but I also want, cherry pie, chocolate pie, peach pie, pumpkin pie, oh have I mentioned that I really like pie? I hope my guests do as well.
When planning desserts for a holiday or get together I could honestly skip the cake anytime, and go without. Pie, on the other hand, is my kind of dessert.
Sweet and warm fruit with a flaky crust then topped with whipped cream or ice cream… or both 😉
In my option there is no better dessert! Since I love apple pie so much I made it in several different forms.
Make sure to check out all my favorites when you are down with this recipe.
How to make Dutch Apple Pie:
Start by preheating your oven to 375 degrees F. Then peel, core, and slice your apples.
For this recipe, I used granny smith apples.
Once peeled I used an apple slice then sliced the apples again.
You want them pretty thin. Once they came out of the apple slicer I sliced each slice into at least 4 other thinner slices (see picture 1 and 2).
Once your apples are ready you can place them in a large mixing bowl.
Place the rest of the filling ingredients into the mixing bowl, and mix until apples are coated (see picture 3 and 4 below).
Allow your apples filling to sit for at least 5 minutes before adding them to the crust.
You can work on the topping while you wait for your apples to be ready.
Pro Tip: When adding sugar to your apples it will release water that is in the fruit. You don't want this water sitting in the bottom of your pie so allow your apples to sit and rest will give your apple time to draw that water out in the mixing bowl. The longer the sit the better. I would give it 1-2 hours to be safe.
Dutch Apple Pie Topping:
While you allow your apples to rest start working on your crumble topping.
In a separate mixing bowl use a fork to combine all topping ingredients until the mixture is well combined and crumbly. You can use a fork but I also like to get in with my hands.
Pinching the butter into small pieces and having them coated in the dry ingredients.
Make sure you have a small crumble before adding it to the top of your pie.
When the topping is done it will look like sand. Below you can see in photo 5 what it looks like before and in photo 6 what it looks like after mixed well.
Pro Tip: The topping calls for cold cold butter that will melt when baking. Make sure your butter is very cold and firm right out of the fridge when you are ready to use it. You want to break up the butter into small pieces with the rest of the ingredients.
Dutch Apple Pie Crust:
Store bought or a homemade crust will work fine for this recipe. Whatever you feel comfortable with.
Most crust recipes and crust from the store will come with a top and bottom crust.
For this recipe, you will only need one crust since you will have the crumble topping.
If you want to make it homemade then try out my recipe homemade pie crust.
It's so simple to make and taste amazing! Once your pie crust is ready you can place it in an empty pie pan (see picture 7).
Pie Pan Size:
For this recipe, I used a standard 9-inch pie pan. I did place all 8 cups in the one pie pan.
The apples will cook down and all fit into the pan perfectly. You, of course, could add less for a less full pie.
Dutch Apple Pie Filling Tips:
Your apple pie filling should be ready to be placed into your pie crust.
To make sure I don't get any of that juice I would suggest using a slotted spoon (see picture 8) to scoop out the apples and place them into your crust (see picture 9).
Slowly place all your apples into your pie crust. In the end, you should have a very full pie and juice leftover in your mixing bowl.
You can see in the picture below on the left (picture 10) all the juice that was leftover in my mixing bowl.
This could make your crust very soggy if you add it to your pie. When your apple pie is full (picture 11) then you are ready to top it.
Next top your pie with your topping.
Using a crumbling motion (see picture 12 and 13) over the pie to make sure you break up the topping and leave any leftover dust in the bowl.
You want to make sure everything you add to the top of your pie is well coated in your butter to prevent burning.
Baking Dutch Apple Pie:
I like to play it safe and place a baking sheet under my pie.
This way if I have any leaking or dripping I can catch them and clean it easily. Place your pie in your preheated oven and bake for 50-55 minutes
Once your pie is done allow resting for at least 10-20 minutes before serving.
The longer it rests the firmer it will be and easier to serve. I serve mine with whipped cream or ice cream on top.
Dutch Apple Pie:
Here are a few of my favorite dutch apple pie inspired recipes.
- Dutch Apple Pie Bread: This bread is so simple to make and had a great apple pie flavor.
- Dutch Apple Pie Bars: These bars are perfect for serving at a party or holiday get together.
- Apple Pie Cookies: These cookies are my favorite! They are so easy to make and the perfect fall cookie recipe.
- Apple Pie Dip: If you want to skip the pie set up try this dip recipe instead.
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Dutch Apple Pie
Ingredients
Crust:
- Store bought or use my homemade recipe
Filling
- 8 cups Granny Smith apples. cored (peeled, cored, and sliced)
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- ¾ cup White sugar
- ¼ cup Brown sugar
- ¼ cup Flour
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
Topping
- 1 cup Flour
- ½ cup Brown sugar
- ½ cup White sugar
- 1 tablespoon Cinnamon
- ½ cup Butter (cold)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll our crust and place it in the bottom of a pie pan and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl put all filling ingredients, and mix until apples are coated. Allow your apples filling to sit for at least 5 minutes before adding them to the crust.
- Meanwhile, in a separate mixing bowl use a fork to combine all topping ingredients until the mixture is well combined and crumbly. You can use a fork but I also like to get in with my hands. Pinching the butter into small pieces and having them coated in the dry ingredients.
- Spoon in apple filling then top with topping. Bake for 50-55 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Video
Notes
- You want your apples sliced pretty thin. Once they came out of the apple slicer I sliced each slice into at least 4 other thinner slices.
- When adding sugar to your apples it will release water that is in the fruit. You don’t want this water sitting in the bottom of your pie so allow your apples to sit and rest will give your apples time to draw that water out in the mixing bowl.
- The topping calls for cold cold butter that will melt when baking. Make sure your butter is very cold and firm right out of the fridge when you are ready to use it. Make sure you have a small crumble before adding it to the top of your pie. When the topping is done it will look like sand.
- I used a standard 9-inch pie pan
- To make sure I don’t get any of that juice I would suggest using a slotted spoon to scoop out the apples and place them into your crust.
- I like to play it safe and place a baking sheet under my pie. This way if I have any leaking or dripping I can catch them and clean it easily.
Nutrition
I’m making the night before thanksgiving, do I put the topping on over night as well or do I wait to add that until it’s ready to go in the oven?
I would put the topping on in the morning.
I followed the recipe to a T this morning. Baked it for 55 minutes, it looked and smelled delicious. I cut a piece this evening (finally) and it was an undercooked, soupy mess. Guess my oven stinks!! I still ate a bite and the toast is delicious. I just put it back in the oven……we shall see
This was my first time ever making a pie from scratch and your recipe was amazing! At times I doubted myself… thickness of apples, will my crust be thick enough, etc… I nailed it! It was delicious and loved by everyone. Can’t wait to make it again. Thank you for doing such a great job on the step by step instruction.
Yah! I'm so proud of you! Making a pie from scratch can be intimidating but you did it!!
Happy New Year! I have not 1 time commented on a recipe, but my husband had a piece of this and he verbatim said, This is the best pie I have ever had! Great recipe, thank you lady
Best apple pie ever!
This pie is amazing and is my go to dessert! I make as described except after I let the apples sit for awhile I put them in a colander to let the juice drain out. This is the perfect dessert!
Thank you Tracy! I am so glad you liked it!
OH. MY. GOODNESS! this pie turned out AMAZING! I cheated a bit and used pre-made crust, but it still was delicious!! I used about 6 1/2 cups of apple, and there was a lot of leftover topping too. super easy to make, and a crowd pleaser......yesssss!!!!
Yah! I am so glad you liked it so much!
I love this recipe! And so does my family. How long would I cook 2 pies for?
2 pie would not need that much more time. I would check on it at the normal time in the recipe and see. It may need an extra 5 or minutes.
All you need to know is this is by far the best tasting dutch apple pie recipe I have been able to find. If you are into pies and know about Julian Pie Company, this is the recipe you are going to want to save and make over and over again.
First time trying to bake a pie, can it be frozen.
I would not freeze it with the crust and topping. Just freeze the filling and thaw then put together.
Turned out great. I put a little bit of all spice and ginger with a splash of vanilla and it turned out great. I love your options in your directions. The helpful hints are so useful. Will definitely do this one again!
Fantastic! It turned out SO good! I've got a cherry one in the oven as I leave this comment. I cheated a little with this one. I used my...(well, my mom's) pie crust recipe. Canned cherry pie filling with a bit of almond extract and your topping. It smells so good in my house right now.
In your video, you said you used a Tablespoon of cinnamon in the streusal topping. In the written recipe, it shows a teaspoon. Can you confirm which measurement is the actual one you used? Thanks.
Sorry about that mix-up! It is a tablespoon of cinnamon for the topping. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
This pie is excellent without any modifications to the recipe or technique. Just my preference, but I reccommending using light brown sugar for the topping. First one I did was with dark brown sugar (because that's what I had and didn't think it would make a difference . . . It did, but it was still delicious). The second one I baked with light brown sugar and it was amazeballs!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
This pie is absolutely amazing! I am known for making great pies, but I set aside all of my recipes to try this exactly as it is written.
Apple Pie perfection!
I let my apples sit in sugar as suggested while I ran errands, about 90 minutes, and the result was a beautiful crust, no soggy bottom! 😉
Definitely give this a try. The only modification I’ll make in the future is the crumb topping, there was a lot of it, and I like mine a bit chunkier. I’ll just lessen the dry ingredients so the butter will create more clumps. That’s just a preference, don’t change a thing if you want a perfect apple pie!
Did too much of the sugar, flour, cinnamon, etc run to the bottom with the water from the apples??
I noticed some did, but the finished pie was perfectly sweet and had a soft, syrupy coating. I was worried too, when I saw the water, but it didn’t seem to make a difference.
Phenomenal apple pie recipe! My whole family loves this apple pie and I have tried making many, many other recipes before this one. I've also done it as a lattice-top pie without the crumble. Amazing either way!
Thank you so much Sarah Jane! I am so glad you liked it and I appreciate the review.
My father in law is allergic to cinnamon. What would be a good substitute, or can nutmeg be sufficient?
Yes I think nutmeg could work for that!
How do you know when it is done?
Try ground Allspice. I have a kiddo with a cinnamon allergy, too. It's what I use whenever a recipe calls for cinnamon and I know she might eat it. It's an easy substitute that the rest of my crowd accepts as a lateral slide on the much beloved cinnamon with no grabbing for the benadryl.
Hands down, by far an amazing recipe and super easy to follow! I made this pie for my husband as a tester for Christmas and he absolutely loved it. I’m now making one for our family Christmas dinner and adding candied pecans to the topping.
Wow, thank you, Colbie! I am so glad you liked it.
I want to make this now for Thanksgiving. Have you ever made it and frozen it before baking? Would this work?
I plan on making my pie before thanksgiving. Does it need to be refrigerated?
I would refrigerate yes if you make it a few days before.