Dutch Apple Pie

Finally, the long awaited homemade dutch apple pie!  I made one this morning.  Such a tease to make before breakfast, knowing I'll have to wait all day to have some :P  I'm going to make another one yet today and freeze it.  I already have the crust ready to go in the pan.  I just have to add the filling.  Rebecca can help me with that one.

This is an amazing pie!  I'm not much of a pie person, but I'll eat this any time.  It's like apple pie and apple crisp combined.  This was the first recipe I posted on my blog a year and a half ago.  But I'll post it again here now that I finally have pics.  And I'll add more pics later, after we cut into it.  I got this recipe from my mom.  I think she got it from one of my grandmas.  A great recipe handed down through the generations :)

Dutch Apple Pie

Filling:

5 large tart apples, pared, cored and cut into thin slices

1/2 cup light brown sugar (orgainc cane brown sugar or sucanat)

1 tsp. cinnamon

Topping:

1/2 cup white sugar (organic cane sugar or sucanat)

3/4 cup flour (all purpose, whole wheat or a combination of tapioc and white rice to make it gluten free)

1/3 cup butter, chilled

Single pie crust:

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour (or whole wheat)

1/2 tsp. salt

1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp. palm shortening or cold butter

1/8 cup + 2 Tbsp. water w/ 1/2 tsp. vinegar

Pie Crust:

Sift flour and salt. Cut in 1/2 shortening until it resembles corn meal. Cut in other 1/2 until it looks like small peas. Add water + vinegar and mix well. (You can do this all in a food processor for a very quick dough). Roll out and place in 9" pie plate.

You can use a gluten free pie crust as well.

Pie:

Heat oven to 400. Arrange apple slices in pastry lined 9" pie pan. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over apples. Combine white sugar and flour. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Bake 40-45 min.