Dutch Apple Pie

Do you still have apples from apple-picking season? We know something you can use them for: Dutch Apple Pie!

The ingredients that you need:

For the dough
2 cups of flour
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
1,5 stick of butter,cold
2 tablespoons of ice cold water
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon of salt

Mix the flour and the sugar in a medium bowl. Cut in the butter until pea-size pellets form.

Add 2 TBSP of ice cold water, the egg and the salt and quickly knead the dough into a cohesive whole. IF the dough is too dry, add more ice water by the tablespoonful.

Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour.

For the filling
8 small apples, peeled and cored
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup of sugar

For the brushing
1 egg yolk beaten with 1 TBSP heavy cream
1 TBSP raw sugar

Quarter your apples and slice them thin. Toss them with lemon juice and sugar. Set this aside.

Butter a 9 inch spring form. Take the dough out of the refrigerator and remove 1/3 of the dough. Roll out the dough and cover the bottom of the pan. Pour in the apple mixture. roll out the rest of the dough and cut into 6 wide strips. Weave the strips one over the other and brush the dough with the egg and cream mixture. Sprinkle sugar on top.

Bake in a preheated 375 F oven for about an hour. Let the pie cool, cut into generous pieces, and enjoy with ice cream, whipped cream, or plain!