Dutch Apple Pie

Winter to me, is comfort food. YUM. And a great comfort food is pie. Apple pie.
 I actually never had made a dutch apple pie, just two crust apple pie. So without further ado, a yum delicious pie!

Dutch Apple Pie

one recipe for single pie crust (if you want to try whole wheat crust, like in the picture, go here)
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup old fashion oats
2 to 4 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter

3 lbs. apples 11 to 12 smallish apples peeled and cored
1/4 cup to 1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

preheat oven to 375 degrees

Dice or thinly slice the apples.

I used red delicious apples, but you can use other baking verities such as granny smith (more tart) honey crisp or pink lady.

 Next, coat the apples in the sugar and spices.

Roll the crust out into a large circle and drape in the pie tin and tidy up the edges. (If need be, see the crust recipe for more detailed instructions)

Then place the apples in the unbaked pie crust.

 Now, mix together the flour, oats, sugar and melted butter, until it resembles crumbs. 

Sprinkle on top of the apple mixture. 

And, that's it. Unless you want to dress up the edges, you can use the left over crust.

You can roll out the scraps and then cut into thin strips and braid them and place around the border. It helps to brush some water on the base crust and gently press the dough on top.

I use a tiny apple cookie cutter and outlined it. Now it's ready for the oven.

Tip:

 Take 2 inch strips of tin foil and place them around the edges, make sure that the crust is covered. This helps prevent the crust from burning in the oven.

Place in the preheated oven and bake for 50 minutes.

And around the last 10 minutes, remove the foil to finish browning.

 Looks great!

Enjoy!