Best 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.

PANNEKOEKEN (APPLE PIE PANCAKE/GERMAN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Add the cinnamon, nutmeg and apples to a pan. Saute the apples over medium-low heat until slightly soft, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the batter. Mix the milk, vanilla and eggs in a bowl. Add the flour, granulated sugar and salt and whisk lightly (some lumps are ok but not too many).
• Increase the heat under the apples to medium and add the brown sugar and butter. Cook until a syrup forms, about 3 minutes, then add the batter all at once to the center of the pan. Swirl the apple syrup mix through the batter, using a heatproof spatula, to form ribbons (you do not want to fully combine the apple-sugar syrup into the batter). Cook until small bubbles form around the edge.
• Finish cooking the pannekoeken in the oven, 12 minutes. To serve, invert a 12-inch plate over the pan and flip the pan to turn out the pannekoeken. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, top with whipped cream and enjoy!

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.

APPLE PIE GERMAN PANCAKES WITH LUCKY LEAF PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Spray a 9 x 9 inch pan with non stick spray. Spread the Lucky Leaf Pie Filling, butter, and cinnamon in 9 x 9 inch baking dish and set in oven while it heats up.
• Blend eggs with a whisk, mix in milk. Whisk in flour and salt. When oven is ready, pour mixture over Apple Pie Filling and bake for 15 min.
• Reduce heat to 350 and bake 15 min more.
• Let cool slightly before serving with powdered sugar and syrup.

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.

GERMAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix sugar, flour and cinnamon together in a medium bowl.
• 2. Sprinkle 3 tbsp of sugar mixture into prepared pie crust.
• 3. Top with 1/2 of the apples. Sprinkle with half of the remaining sugar mixture and top with remaining apples.
• 4. Sprinkle remaining sugar mixture over apples and pour heavy cream evenly over apples and sugar.
• 5. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook for an additional 55 to 60 minutes. Cool completely before serving. Note: I covered my crust with foil, until the last 15 minutes of baking. If you don't cover each apple with the cream, you may get a few pieces as I did, that shows the sugar mixture...its still just as delish!! Take my word for it...Yummo!!!!

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!

OMA'S DEEP DISH GERMAN APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel apples and dice.
• Mix crust ingredients together and roll out.Press firmly into the bottom of a 10 inch spring form pan. Save about 1/3 of dough for the top of the pie.
• Mix filling ingredients and pour into crust pressed into the bottom of the pan.
• Cover with rolled out leftover dough; pinch edges.
• Brush top crust with icing.
• Cut several slits in top to vent.
• Use a pie guard around edges of pie or place 1" aluminum foil around edges of pie.
• Bake at 350 for one hour; Watch pie--don't let it get too browned.
• Serve with a slice of American cheese (melted) on top.
• or my Grandpa's fav: vanilla ice cream atop the pie.