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Classis Dutch Apple Pie
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Classic Dutch Apple Pie Recipe

A delicious heart warming pie that the whole family will love.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: European
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Dough
  • 125 gram unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 350 gram all purpose flour
  • 250 gram regular sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 egg yolk for brushing
Filling
  • 1.5 kg apples preferably a sour kind
  • 75 gram cane sugar
  • 2 tbsp cane sugar to sprinkle on the pie
  • 75 gram raisins
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 lemon

Equipment

  • 1 Springform pan

Method
 

Filling
  1. Cover the raisins with warm water and let them sit for about 10 minutes. Then remove the raisins out of the water and squeeze the excess water out of them.
  2. Peel, core and chop the apples in small pieces. Add the raisins, cane sugar, cinnamon and juice of the lemon to the apples and mix well.
Dough
  1. Mix the eggs and butter until combined.
  2. Mix the all purpose flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
  3. Combine the eggs and butter mixture with the flour mixture and knead until it forms a dough.
  4. Divide the dough in two. One part a bit larger than the other. Put each part between plastic foil and roll it out into a flat disc so it can cover your baking tin. Put both discs shortly in the freezer.
Combining the pie
  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
  2. Grease your baking tin.
  3. Remove the largest disc out of the freezer and place it in the baking tin to cover the bottom and sides of the baking tin.
  4. Place the apple mixture into the baking tin. Make sure not to put all the liquid in in order to avoid a soggy bottom.
  5. Remove the second disc from the freezer and cut the dough into long strips. Place the dough strips on top of the apple mixture in a braid pattern.
  6. Brush the dough strips with the beaten egg yolk and sprinkle the cane sugar on top.
  7. Bake the pie for an hour in the preheated oven until golden brown.
  8. Best enjoyed slightly warm with whipped cream.