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Apple Streusel Pie

It has extra streusel, bourbon in the filling, thinly sliced apples, and a buttery homemade pie crust.
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Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients

For the dough:

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter chilled and cubed
  • 3 to 4 Tablespoons cold water

For the filling:

  • 3 lb. apples ~4 honey crisp apples + ~2 Granny Smith apples, peeled + sliced thin 1-inch pieces
  • 6 Tablespoons packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoon bourbon (Any kind of bourbon works)
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

For the streusel:

  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup roughly chopped pecans (optional)
  • 4 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter, shredded

For topping:

  • 2 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter, thinly sliced

For the serving:

  • Vanilla ice cream & whipped cream

Instructions

For the dough:

  • In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, add the flour, granulated sugar, salt, and butter cubes. Mix on low until the butter pieces are the size of rice, about 1 min.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of water at a time (30 secs in between each tablespoon), until dough just comes together.
  • Generously flour your counter and transfer dough onto the counter.
  • Flour the top of the dough and a rolling pin.
  • Roll dough into a 12-inch circle. You can break pieces of dough off and piece it together to get a circle.
  • Roll up the dough on the rolling pin and unroll over a buttered 9-inch pie dish. Roll up the overhang dough to create a crust.
  • Refrigerate crust, while making filling or overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

For the filling:

  • In a large bowl, combine all of the filling ingredients. Set aside.

For the streusel:

  • In a small bowl, stir together all of the streusel ingredients.

Assemble:

  • Pour the filling + any juice into the prepared pie crust.
  • Pour the streusel over the apples in an even layer.
  • Place 2 Tablespoons of thinly sliced butter all over the top of the streusel.
  • Tent with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
  • Uncover the pie and bake for another 20 minutes until the filling liquid has slow bubbles (not fast bubbles) and the apples are tender.
  • Let cool for 1-2 hours before serving. Serve the pie warm with ice cream and whipped cream.