Weight Watchers Dutch Apple Pie Is A Fall Traditional

This 3-point WW-friendly Dutch Apple Pie will impress you with its easy and scrumptious flavors.

When you’ve by no means tried Dutch apple pie earlier than, you’ve undoubtedly been lacking out. The sort of pie has a delicious, buttery crumb topping that’s to die for! Not solely is it tasty, nevertheless it’s additionally simple to make. Because the topping is actually a streusel, meaning there’s much less dough so that you can roll out. For this recipe, we’ll make simply sufficient crust for the pie shell to carry the apple filling.

And talking of the filling, it’s stuffed with completely tender Granny Smith apples. It has the perfect steadiness of sweetness and tartness. This recipe is definitely made for dessert lovers and could be loved any time of yr, however particularly across the holidays. When you love comforting dessert recipes like this one, you’ll be able to try my dessert recipe collection, which has a lot extra candy treats so that you can check out. The whole lot is low in factors, too, so you’ll be able to keep on monitor along with your objectives.

Why You Ought to Attempt This Recipe

• It’s scrumptious! With a lightened-up crust, cinnamon-y apple filling, and crumble topping, this pie is a show-stopper.
• It’s low in fats. Consider it or not, every serving solely has 3.4 grams of fats, which is far decrease than the typical apple pie!
• The filling is foolproof. Because the filling is partially cooked on the range first, you’ll be able to guarantee it’s thick sufficient and received’t be watery. It additionally cooks out the starchiness of the flour and softens the apples, lending to excellent texture and taste.

Recipe Overview

• Serving Measurement:  1 slice (252 g)
• Variety of Servings: 8
• Time to Cook dinner: 1 hour 10 min
• WW Factors Per Recipe: 3 WW factors per serving, 27 for the complete recipe (Click here to view the recipe within the WW app. WW login is required)

Elements in WW Dutch Apple Pie

Apple Filling

• 3 lbs Granny smith apples, peeled and sliced (or most well-liked baking apples)
• 2 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1/3 cup Most well-liked brown sugar substitute (use a 1:1 ratio substitute)
• 1/3 cup Most well-liked granulated sugar substitute (use a 1:1 ratio substitute)
• 1/4 cup All-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp Floor cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Floor nutmeg

Crumb Topping

• 3/4 cup All-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup Most well-liked brown sugar substitute (use a 1:1 ratio substitute)
• 1/4 cup Most well-liked granulated sugar substitute (use a 1:1 ratio substitute)
• 1/4 tsp Desk salt
• 5 tbsp Mild butter substitute
• 1/2 tsp Floor cinnamon

Pie Crust

• 3/4 cup Self-rising flour
• 3/4 cup Nonfat plain Greek yogurt
• 1 1/2 tsp Vegetable oil

Directions for making WW Dutch Apple Pie

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Make the crust by mixing the three components (reserve a few tablespoons of flour for rolling out). Begin by including barely much less Greek yogurt and including extra if wanted till a dough kinds. If dry, add a splash of water to convey the dough collectively.
2. Gently knead the dough within the bowl for a couple of minute till clean, then switch to a bit of calmly floured parchment paper and roll it out thinly, giant sufficient to cowl a 9.5-inch pie dish. (If sticky, confer with the ideas part).
3. Switch the rolled-out dough to a greased 9.5-inch pie dish and peel the parchment away. Put a brand new piece of parchment and fill it with pie weights (corresponding to dried beans or rice). Bake the shell for quarter-hour, then take away the weights and parchment. Poke with a fork and bake for about 5 extra minutes till the floor is about.

4. To arrange the filling, add the apples to a big pot and cook dinner over medium warmth to launch a few of their moisture (about 3 to five minutes). Then, add the remaining components and cook dinner for a number of extra minutes, stirring always. This may assist eradicate the uncooked style of the flour and barely soften the apples. Style the combination and modify the cinnamon or sweetener based on your choice.

5. For the crumb topping, combine the entire components along with your fingers till a crumbly combination kinds. You don’t need to overmix as a result of a dough will kind.

6. Switch the apple filling to the empty crust after which sprinkle the crumb topping excessive. The crust edges will probably already be golden sufficient, so wrap the perimeters of the pie in foil or use a pie crust protect to guard them.

7. Bake the pie for 40-50 minutes, till the apples really feel fork tender and the topping is baked by means of. If wanted, you’ll be able to broil on low on the finish of baking to provide the topping a deeper golden coloration.

8. Enable the pie to relaxation for 1-2 hours earlier than slicing into it so it could actually set.

Variations and Substitutions

• Actual Sugar vs Sweetener: You should utilize actual brown sugar and granulated sugar should you choose. Use the identical quantities as you’d sweetener, and understand that it would enhance the WW factors.
• Dutch Apple Pie with Pre-Made Crust: You may definitely use a ready-made pie shell if you wish to save time. You may merely comply with the recipe for the filling and topping.
• Dutch Apple Pie with Raisins: When you’ve got further factors to make use of up, you’ll be able to combine some raisins into the filling combination so as to add taste and textural distinction.
• Self-Rising Flour: The crust is not going to correctly bake with AP flour. When you don’t have self-rising flour, you may make your individual by including 1 tsp baking powder and ¼ tsp salt to the ¾ cup AP flour.
• Mini Dutch Apple Pies: You may simply flip this recipe into miniature pies by utilizing muffin cups and even ramekins. With muffin cups, you’d get considerably greater than 8 servings, which might decrease the factors.

Suggestions and Methods for Making WW Dutch Apple Pie

• If the pie is getting too darkish whereas baking, you’ll be able to cowl it in the direction of the tip of baking till the apples are cooked by means of.
• Watch out to not overmix the crust dough, as it is going to be powerful and overly chewy after baking. You simply want to combine till it comes collectively and gently knead for a couple of minute till clean.
• I prefer to roll the pie dough on a bit of parchment or plastic wrap so I can flip it into the pie dish after which peel away the parchment. That is simpler than making an attempt to elevate it with out tearing the dough within the course of.
• When you don’t par-bake the crust, it is likely to be soggy or not bake by means of with all the load of the apples on it. This is the reason I extremely recommend following the recipe and par-baking it with weights. The weights are additionally vital so it doesn’t shrink or puff up.
• If the dough is sticky and you’ve got used all of your flour, you’ll be able to grease your fingers/the dough with some avocado cooking spray to make it simpler to work with and roll out. (You can even add extra flour and modify within the WW app). Ensuring the dough is chilly and rolling it between two items of parchment will assist rather a lot, too.

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