Falltastic Dutch Apple Pie!

This past week Mr. Schalk and I were kindly invited to dinner at our Pastor's home. Our Pastor and his wife have two lovely teenage children. It was such a pleasure (and small glimpse of what is to come) to enjoy a meal with this great family. I don't remember being that well spoken as a teen. I do remember a lot of awkwardness and cardigans...but that is another post. Dinner was a ton of fun. We laughed, shared stories and enjoyed a great evening of fellowship.

I offered to bring the dessert, which I am sure surprises you all. Ha! It was a work night, but I still wanted to make something tasty. I was going to go with brownies but at the last minute went for apple pie. I am so glad I did! A perfect fall treat and super easy to make. I had most of the ingredients including a ready made crust...although, homemade crust would have been divine! Using items on hand this pie come in under $2.00. Wow!

This dutch apple pie tastes falltastic! Thanks mama for yet another delicious recipe! I am thinking she should put out a cookbook..what do you think?

Dutch Apple Pie

Ingredients:

Apple Filling

• 6 cups cored, peeled, thinly sliced apples (Gala or Rome work well)
• 2/3 cup + 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• pastry for single crust pie

Crumble Topping

• ½ cup flour
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• ¼ cup butter

Directions:

1. To prepare crumb topping, in a medium bowl stir together ½ cup flour, ½ cup sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg. Cut in ¼ cup butter until mixture is crumbly. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, stir together 2/3 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Add sliced apples and toss until coated evenly.
3. Line a 9” pie plate with pastry, trim and crimp edge of pastry. Gently fill with apple mixture.
4. Sprinkle crumb topping over pie. Cover edge of pie with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove foil. Then bake an additional 20-25 minutes or until top is golden. Cool on wire rack.

Happy Fall friends!

xoxo, R