It's been eaten for centuries: an early Dutch cookbook, dating from 1514, has a recipe and an apple pie appears in a Dutch painting from 1626. So, I'm hoping the sun will manage to put in an appearance at some stage of my break but whatever happens, I'll be sure to find some appeltaart!

Up so we have here our crumb topping we're going to sit this aside on the counter. And just let it sit there while the pie. Bakes. Now we're going to open up our pie get all of this wrapper.

The main difference is that dutch apple pie is made with a streusel topping (typically made of sugar, flour, butter, spices and sometimes nuts or oats), while regular apple pie is made with a lattice crust or regular pie crust on top. Dutch apple pie is basically a hybrid between apple crisp and traditional apple pie.

Dutch apple pies have a crumbly topping while traditional apple pies have a top layer made from pie crust. Unlike other apple pie varieties like French apple pies, Dutch apple pies have a streusel topping that can require extra prep time and tools like a pastry blender.

Although eaten in Europe since long before the European colonization of the Americas, apple pie as used in the phrase "as American as apple pie" describes something as being "typically American". In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, apple pie became a symbol of American prosperity and national pride.

It represents union, love and comfort. When we think of pies, many think of them merely as a way to put on some weight or a gift to bring to a h oliday party. But p ies have been bringing people together since the time of the ancient Egyptians.

The unique crumb topping of butter, sugar, and flour is what sets this dessert apart. While traditional apple pie boasts a regular double crust (a crust on the bottom and a crust on top), a Dutch apple pie has a regular bottom crust, but a crumble topping.

Dutch Apple Pie is essentially a crumb topped apple pie. We use a traditional butter crust to line the pie plate, fill with apples like you would for classic Apple Pie, and top with a buttery crumb-pecan topping.

Although eaten in Europe since long before the European colonization of the Americas, apple pie as used in the phrase "as American as apple pie" describes something as being "typically American". In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, apple pie became a symbol of American prosperity and national pride.

In the late 18th century, Dutch immigrants introduced apple preservation techniques. This is a big part of what led to apple pie's popularity in America. In addition, the flaky pastry crust that is now a hallmark of the dessert was introduced by German immigrants.

In his memoir, “The Pie”, Gary Soto portrays how religion impacted his struggle with his decisions and to explain his guilt due to his struggle with making moral decisions.

The unnamed fruit of Eden thus became an apple under the influence of the story of the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides. As a result, the apple became a symbol for knowledge, immortality, temptation, the fall of man and sin.