Dutch Apple Pie - Appeltaart Recipe

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is lower in saturated fat.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener.

Mix the butter with the sugar and add the flour, salt and the egg.

Knead into a smooth dough.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest for about 20 minutes in the refrigerator.

Meanwhile, cut the apples into pieces of about 1.5-2 cm.

Add the breadcrumbs, cinnamon, sugar and custard powder and mix well.

Roll out the dough to approx. 30 cm around and place it in a springform tin with a diameter of 22 cm (9 inch).

Press the dough around the spring form and cut the edges.

Save the cut dough edges for the strips on top.

Fill the spring form with the apple mixture.

Roll the remaining dough and cut it in strips and place them diagonal on top of the pie.

Brush the eggwash on the dough and bake for 1 hour at 170C (340F).

After baking, brush a glaze on top, made of apricot marmalade and hot water.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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