How to Make a Perfect Dutch Apple Pie

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is lower in saturated fat.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener.

Peel and slice 5 or 6 Granny Smith apples using a manual apple peeler.

Place the peeled and sliced apples into a bowl.

Squeeze lemon juice over the apples to prevent browning and toss them.

Add sugar, a little flour, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt to the apples and stir until well coated.

Prepare the crumb topping by mixing flour and brown sugar with margarine until crumbly.

Use fingertips to rub the margarine into the flour and sugar mixture to create a crumb texture.

Take a pre-made pie shell and fill it with the apple mixture, packing the apples tightly.

Spread the crumb topping evenly over the apples in the pie shell.

Place the pie on a parchment-lined baking sheet to catch any overflow during baking.

Bake the pie at 400°F for about 40 minutes.

Check the pie for doneness by poking it with a knife; it should have some resistance in the middle.

Tent the pie with foil if it starts to brown too much during baking.

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