Cinnamon Crust Dutch  Apple Pie. Pillsbury™ cinnamon roll dough that's pressed into your pie plate lets you elevate your pie game without the extra work. A Dutch apple pie, like this recipe, usually has a crumbly streusel topping while a classic apple pie features both a bottom crust and flaky top crust. The difference between classic apple pie and Dutch apple pie is all in the delicious crumb topping.

This apple pie recipe is found on the Pillsbury website under the title Cinnamon Roll Dutch Apple Pie. A Dutch Apple Pie also goes by the name crumble pie, or streusel pie, which gives you a little more insight into what you're about to bake than the Dutch title. The pie has a pastry crust bottom with cinnamon-scented apples piled onto it, and then it's topped with a crumble or streusel topping. You can cook Cinnamon Crust Dutch  Apple Pie using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cinnamon Crust Dutch  Apple Pie

1. It's of For the Crust.
2. You need 1 of Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crust.
3. It's 1 Tbls of unsalted butter.
4. It's 2 Tsp of ground cinnamon.
5. It's of For the Pie.
6. You need 7 of peeled, cored and thinly sliced small granny smith apples.
7. It's 1 stick of unsalted butter, melted.
8. It's 1 cup of Gold Medal unbleached all-purpose flour.
9. It's 1 cup of light brown sugar.
10. You need of Granulated sugar, for sprinkling.
11. It's 1/2 cup of Breakfast Wheaties.
12. Prepare of For the Icing.
13. Prepare 1/2 cup of powered sugar.
14. Prepare 1/4 tsp of vanilla.
15. You need 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
16. Prepare 2 tsp of milk.

Apple pie baked in a cast iron skillet is a real stunner. For filling, in a large bowl, mix sugar, cinnamon and ginger. Add apples and toss to coat. Apple-Cinnamon Pies are what your dessert table needs.

Cinnamon Crust Dutch  Apple Pie step by step

1. Preheat oven to 400 deg. Unroll pie crust onto a glass pie dish. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle evenly with cinnamon and granulated sugar. Pour the 1/2 cup of Wheaties to cover bottom of pie crust. (This is a key ingredient, trust me no one will know its there but it does the job, keeps the pie together)..
2. Place sliced apples in a mound on top of the Wheaties. In a large bowl, combine butter, flour and brown sugar and form into crumbles using fingers or a pastry blender. Sprinkle crumbles over apples..
3. Sprinkle granulated sugar evenly over crumbles. Bake pie until the top and crust are a golden brown and the filling is bubbling, about 40 minutes (cover top/crust with foil if necessary to prevent it from getting too dark). Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack..
4. In a small bowl, whisk together powered sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and milk to form the icing (add more sugar or milk to reach desired consistency). Using a pastry bag or a Ziploc bag with one end cut off, pipe on the icing in a swirl on top of the crumbles on fully cooled pie..

Topped with a decorative lattice crust, this pie can be frozen, making the baking a cinch. Now I serve this fairy tale Apple-Cinnamon Pie at least once a month to my family, but during the holiday season it's especially on heavy rotation. When I lived in Atlanta many years ago, I was invited to a dinner party with a few new I even had one of my neighbors come over to tell me they were drooling in their apartment from the scent of apples and cinnamon. A cinnamon roll crust on the bottom, a sugary streusel and cinnamon swirl icing on top and delicious baked apple filling in the middle- this pie is a serious must-make dessert. Cinnamon roll crust, cinnamon roll on top, Dutch apple filling in between. recipes.