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You can’t go wrong with this delicious Gluten-Free Dutch Apple Pie. It has a sweet crumb topping with tender apples and a perfect gluten-free crust. And pie is always a favorite. My sister took a poll on her Facebook page and asked specifically for men to answer if they preferred pie or cake and the results were overwhelmingly for pie.
You’ll want to start this at least 4 hours before you want to serve it. There are several steps to where you’ll need to chill things in the freezer or refrigerator and then to let the pie cool after baking.
How to Make Gluten-Free Dutch Apple Pie:
First, you’ll need to make my gluten-free pie crust. There are several steps to making this pie crust but overall it is easy. It just takes some time for freezing the buttery spread and then chilling the pie crust in the pie pan.
Secondly, you’ll need to peel and slice 8 apples making roughly 8 cups. My favorite apple combination is Golden Delicious and Fuji apples. I use 4 medium-sized apples of each kind.
Pour 1 tablespoon of lemon juice over the sliced apples and stir to lightly coat and then add sugar, gluten-free flour, and cinnamon. Thoroughly combine and set aside.
Next, you’ll be making the streusel topping:
To make the streusel topping add the brown sugar, buttery spread, and gluten-free flour to a medium-sized bowl and use a pastry cutter or two forks to combine the topping ingredients together until it’s mixed and crumbly.
You want your streusel topping to look like this. No worries if the crumbles are even.
Remove the chilled pie crust from the refrigerator and pour the apple filling into it and smooth out the filling leaving it a little higher in the center.
Next, pour the streusel topping over the apples and spread it out evenly. Then sprinkle the tablespoon of sugar over the top.
Baking Your Dutch Apple Pie:
Bake on the bottom rack at 425° for 15 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 350° and continue baking for another 35 minutes or until golden brown. You may want to rotate your pie in the oven when you reduce the temperature in case you have a hot spot in your oven that way the crust will bake more evenly.
Remove pie from oven and let cool on a wire rack and cool.
If you want to eat it warm let it cool at least 30-40 minutes. The center can still be very warm even then so test a little bit at first so no one burns their mouth.
And it’s still delicious if you decide to let it completely cool. Enjoy!
Special Ingredients for Gluten-Free Dutch Apple Pie:
- Buttery Spread: The buttery spread that I use for this recipe is Smart Balance. Earth Balance could also be used. If you don’t need this recipe to be dairy-free you can use real butter.
- Gluten-Free Flour Mix: The all-purpose gluten-free flour mix that I use is Better Batter. It can be purchased on Amazon or the Better Batter website. I’ve had consistently good results using this blend. If you use a different gluten-free flour mix be sure to it has xanthan gum if not add 1/4 teaspoon of xanthan gum per cup of flour.
- Other gluten-free flour blends that are popular are Pillsbury Gluten-Free Flour and King Arthur’s Gluten-Free Flour.
- Apples: My favorite combination of apples to bake this pie with is Golden Delicious and Fuji. I used 4 of each. I tried a combo with Granny Smith apples but they just didn’t seem to cook through enough and were still crunchy after baking.
More Gluten-Free Pies You’ll Love:
Peach Pie with Lattice Top
Pear Pie with Streusel Topping
Easy Gluten-Free Pie Crust
Gluten-Free Dutch Apple Pie
- Prep Time: 90 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 2 1/2 hours
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Delicious gluten-free apple pie with sweet streusel topping.
Ingredients
Filling:
4 medium-sized Golden Delicious Apples
4 medium-sized Fuji apples
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup gluten-free flour (I use Better Batter Gluten-Free Flour)
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Streusel Topping:
1/2 cup buttery spread, cold from the fridge (Smart Balance or Earth Balance)
1 cup gluten-free flour (Better Batter Gluten-Free Flour)
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
First, you’ll need to make my gluten-free pie crust. There are several steps to making this pie crust but overall it is easy. It just takes some time for freezing the buttery spread and then chilling the pie crust in the pie pan.
Secondly, you’ll need to peel and slice 8 apples making roughly 8 cups. My favorite apple combination is Golden Delicious and Fuji apples. I use 4 medium-sized apples of each kind.
Pour 1 tablespoon of lemon juice over the sliced apples and stir to lightly coat and then add sugar, gluten-free flour, and cinnamon. Thoroughly combine and set aside.
Preheat your oven to 425° and place the oven rack to the lowest position.
To make the streusel topping add the brown sugar, buttery spread, and gluten-free flour to a medium-sized bowl and use a pastry cutter or two forks to combine the topping ingredients together until it’s mixed and crumbly.
Remove the chilled pie crust from the refrigerator and pour the apple filling into it and smooth out the filling leaving it a little higher in the center.
Next, pour the streusel topping over the apples and spread it out evenly. Then sprinkle the tablespoon of sugar over the top
Baking Your Pie:
Bake on the bottom rack at 425° for 15 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 350° and continue baking for another 35 minutes or until golden brown. You may want to rotate your pie in the oven when you reduce the temperature in case you have a hot spot in your oven that way the crust will bake more evenly.
Remove pie from oven and let cool on a wire rack and cool.
If you want to eat it warm let it cool at least 30-40 minutes. The center can still be very warm even then so test a little bit at first so no one burns their mouth.
Or let it completely cool, it’s still delicious. Enjoy!
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