Family Favorite Dutch Apple Pie

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♼ Recipe origin is unknown. Family favorite dutch apple pie recipe, recipe Rating: 4.5
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Long list of family and friends that beg for this pie.
Ready in: 1 hour 40 mins

Ingredients

Serves: 6

• prepared crust for single-crust pie
• Filling:
• 5 apples, or as needed
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• Topping:
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon orange juice

Preparation method

Prep: 40 mins | Cook: 1 hour

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Prepare crust for single crust pie.
2. Peel and slice enough apples for generously fill (mounded) the pie plate you are using. Note: to keep apple slices from turning dark, soak in water with lemon juice.
3. Drain apples (if soaking). Mix apple slices with the 3/4 cups sugar and the cinnamon.
4. Cover apples with the crumb topping: Combine the 3/4 cup sugar and flour, cut in butter till crumbly consistency. Pour over pie, covering apple mixture evenly. Drizzle topping with orange juice. Place pie plate on a baking sheet to catch spills.
5. Bake at 450 degrees F for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees F; continue baking until topping is golden and apples are bubbly, about 45 minutes. (longer for Deep-Dish or Large pies)Cook’s note:

For deep dish pie, mix apples with: 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 tblsp cinnamon. Top apples with: 1 cup sugar 1 cup all purpose flour 8 tblsp butter 1 tblsp orange juice