The holiday season has arrived! Many of us spread holiday cheer to friends and family with sweet homemade treats. At Oakmont, our culinary team prepares delicious made-from-scratch pies for residents and their families to bring to holiday festivities. If you’re looking for a decadent dessert for an upcoming celebration, try this Dutch Apple Pie recipe, created by our Chef. Happy baking!
Recipe
Makes 2 Pies
Filling:
2ea: 9 5/8” Pie Dough in disposable pie tin
12C Peeled, Cored Sliced Apples – Honey Crisp, Granny Smith, Pink Ladies
2 Lemons, juiced
1C Sugar
½C Brown Sugar, packed
6Tbs Flour
1tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Tsp Nutmeg
Preheat oven to 375°F
Par bake 10in pie crust for approximately 5 minutes. Let cool.
In a large bowl, mix sliced apples, lemon juice, both sugars, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Place apple filling into pie crust, gently pressing crust to form a mound.
Topping
1C Flour
½ C Oatmeal
½ C Finely Chopped Pecans
½ C Granulated Sugar
½ C Brown Sugar, packed
1 Stick of Butter – Cold
In a bowl, cut the dry ingredients in with the butter using a pastry cutter, a fork or your hands. Continue until it becomes a course crumble.
Sprinkle topping evenly over the pies.
Bake the pies for approximately 40-50 minutes or until pies are golden brown on the crust and top.
Enjoy!