Spiced Dutch Apple Pie with Savannah Smiles Streusel Topping

Recipe by Renee Shelton

This is a recipe for a spiced Dutch apple pie with a hot water pie crust for a base and Savannah Smiles Girl Scout cookies for a topping.

Yield: 1 9-inch Pie

Ingredients

• 1 Unbaked Hot Water Pie Crust
• 1 Recipe Savannah Smiles Streusel Pie Topping
• 5 cups cored and sliced apples
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Stir the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and ginger together, and pour over the sliced apples placed in a large mixing bowl. Toss all the ingredients together until the apples are lightly coated with the mixture.
3. Pour the apples into the unbaked pie crust. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove pie from oven and reduce heat to 375 degrees F. Top with the Savannah Smiles Streusel Topping. Bake for another 50 minutes, covering with foil the last 20 minutes of cooking.
4. Serve chilled or warm.