Recipe: Dutch Apple Pie

Today I want to show you a classic Dutch apple pie which tastes amazing on a rainy day. It’s easy to make and vegan (as long as your pastry is and you don’t put the egg on top). It’s also very Instagramable, which is a plus.

I don’t bake my apple pie with a recipe at all because I know how it is supposed to look and how I like it. I do it from memory and I eyeball the whole thing. However, that is terrible for a recipe so I went online and found what others did and decided to tell you those measurements. Like always you can change it to the way you love it.

What do you need
– 6 apples (lots of people say soft sour apples, I just use green once because I like them. Use whatever apple suits you). I also didn’t use six. Use the amount that fits your tin.
– 50 gram of caster sugar
– 75 gram of raisins
– 3 teaspoons of cinnamon
– Pastry
– A tin
– Knife
– Egg (optional)

Side note:
If you have a cinnamon allergy, use brown sugar instead of white caster sugar. Which tastes quite good as well.

What do you need to do?
– Wash and cut your apples into small pieces.
– Add your raisins, sugar, and cinnamon then Stir
– Add it to your pastry-filled tin.
– Now we are going to make the top of the pie beautiful. Which let’s be honest is the eye catcher.
– Roll out the left over pastry you have. Cut with a knife, nice and even strokes. Put the strokes on the tin
– You then fold every other stroke back
– You then add one the other way around (see picture). Fold the folded pieces back
– Now you take the other strings (that you didn’t fold last time
– Add a new piece
– fold the folded pieces back
– You then do this for the whole pie
– Then you cut the ends off to make it pretty

Optional: You get an egg and whisk it. Put the egg on top of the pie with a cooking brush. Add a bit of cinnamon sugar on top

Put the pie in the oven for 60 minutes
180 °C electric oven, hot air oven 165 °C, Gas oven stand 3-4

Then it’s all done and you can eat it! It’s also nice to add a bit of whipped cream on top. If you made too much pie to eat all at once, you can store it in the freezer for a later day.

Do you want to try this recipe? Let me know.

Lots of love,
Melissa