German Apple Pie Recipes

EASY GERMAN APPLE STREUSEL PIE

Steps:

• Combine apple slices and cinnamon in a saucepan and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. If necessary, add a tiny bit of water so apples don't burn. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch springform pan with butter
• Combine butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, and egg in a large bowl; beat using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Mix flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add 2/3 of flour mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, to butter mixture and beat on low speed. Add remaining flour mixture and mix in by hand to make a crumbly dough.
• Transfer 1/2 the dough into the prepared springform pan and press down to create a bottom crust. Add apple slices, leaving a small space around the edges. Crumble remaining dough evenly on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until streusel and crust are lightly browned, about 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Carefully transfer to a serving plate or cooling rack.

GERMAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in the shortening until crumbly. Add vanilla. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Roll out pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond edge of pie plate; flute edges., For filling, combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon; sprinkle 3 tablespoons into crust. Layer with half of the apples; sprinkle with half of the remaining sugar mixture. Repeat layers. Pour cream over all. , Bake at 450° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° bake for 55-60 minutes or until apples are tender. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator. Serve with whipped cream if desired.

GERMAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• mix 1st 4 ingredients for streussal in a medium size bowl. Cut butter in to small dime size pieces and add to sugar. Mix using fingers or a mixer. Do not over mix... you want it to look like chunky dime size pieces. Now add walunts and toss. Set aside. Using 2 lightly greased 9 inch pie plates, prepare and place premade pie dough in plates, and dock well. (dock~ poke lots of holes using a fork!) and then set aside in a large bowl, mix 1st 3 ingredients. Then add sour cream and vanilla, mix well. In a small seperate container, beat eggs and flour until smooth, then add to rest of ingredients. Peel and core apples then cut in half (length wise) and slice thin...about an 1/8 of an inch wide and add to batter. Make sure to cover all slices well. Using your hands, take apple slices and fill pie pltes to the top. Fill holes with remaining batter. Cover entire top with streussal. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 2 hours and 15 minutes on bottom rack. Let stand for about an hour at room temperature. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream!

GERMAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl, combine flour and salt.
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, using a pastry blender.
• Sprinkle in vanilla; cut in with pastry blender.
• Sprinkle dough with water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing until pastry holds together.
• Roll pie dough out to fit in a 9" pan. I roll between two pieces of waxed paper to decrease the sticking and increase ease of handling.
• Remove 1 piece of waxed paper.
• Place crust in pan, remove remaining waxed paper ,trim and flute edges as desired.
• For the filling, combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of sugar mixture on the crust.
• Place 3 cups of apples in the pie pan.
• Sprinkle with half the remaining sugar mixture.
• Top with remaining apples.
• To this, sprinkle remaining sugar mixture.
• Pour cream over the pie.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes then reduce the heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 50-55 minutes.
• Note: Some of the sugar may look like it did not melt/blend into the pie. This is normal and happens to me almost every time. It does not affect the overall taste.