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How To Make a Classic Dutch Apple Pie

By EMMA CHRISTENSEN

Our Dutch apple
pie recipe

features a homemade butter crust that gets filled with spiced apples and topped with a cinnamon-y streusel. It’s everything you love about apple crisp in pie form, and when topped with vanilla ice cream, you have the ultimate end to a festive meal. 

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and heat the oven to 375°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.

Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven

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Add 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tbsp sugar, and 1/2 tsp kosher salt in a food processor and pulse to combine. Cut 1 stick cold unsalted butter and scatter over the flour mixture. Pulse until it's coarse. Add 2 tbsp ice water and pulse until the dough is cohesive.

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Turn the dough out onto a large piece of plastic wrap, gather into one piece, and press into a rough disk. Wrap tightly in the plastic. Refrigerate while you prepare the filling and topping.

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Refrigerate.

Add 1 cup all-purpose flour, 2/3 cup packed brown sugar, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, and 1/4 tsp kosher salt to a bowl and whisk to combine. Cut 1 stick cold unsalted butter and scatter over the mixture. Squeeze the ingredients together until they form large, moist clumps. 

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Place 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg, 1/4 tsp kosher salt, and 1/8 tsp ground cloves in a large bowl and whisk to combine.

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Halve and core, then cut into thick slices. Add to the spiced sugar. Add the zest and juice of 1 large lemon to apples. Add 1 tsp vanilla extract and combine, making sure there are no clumps of sugar or flour left in the bottom of the bowl.

Peel 2 lbs Granny Smith apples.

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Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface

and roll out to a 12-inch-wide round. Transfer to a standard pie plate. Press the dough into the plate, then roll the excess dough under itself on the edges of the plate. Crimp the crust with your fingers or a fork.

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Pour the filling and any accumulated juices from the bowl into the crust and arrange into an even layer, slightly mounding them in the center. Scatter the chilled topping evenly over the top, going all the way to the edge of the crust.

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and bake until the topping is golden-brown and the filling is bubbling around the edges, 50 to 65 minutes. Check 40 minutes into baking; if the crust starts to brown too quickly, loosely cover the pie with aluminum foil.

Place the pie on the lined baking sheet 

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Transfer the pie to a wire rack 

and let cool at least 2 hours before slicing.

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Get the full recipe at
 thekitchn.com