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  • January 29, 2023

Apple Streusel Tart

February 14, 2013 By Betsy Cohen

Apple Streusel Tart - Perhaps we should say, "American as Apple Tart!"  The recipe is loaded with apples and cinnamon and the topping is delicious!

Apple Streusel Tart

Presidents’ Day is right around the corner and I have been thinking about apples. Specifically, the expression, “American as Apple Pie.” Odd transition, perhaps, or perfectly logical depending on one’s viewpoint.

I finally decided it was time to get to the bottom of this. I mean, really, I do not think Christopher Columbus arrived here and said, “This land is as American as Apple Pie!” So who started it? Was it George Washington or perhaps Abraham Lincoln?

NOPE! No one knows exactly who coined the phrase, but it has only been on our roster of witty sayings since the 1960’s. Some articles suggested that apple pie was a status symbol at one time because only the wealthy could afford to bake pies. Yet, by the 1960’s everyone was making pies, well almost everyone…I was too young to bake my own; so the status symbol hardly held true.

What does all this mean for me? I could finally stop thinking about that darn expression and bake something with apples for Presidents’ Day. I know after all of this you are no doubt expecting me to blog about a delicious apple pie, but guess what? I was not in the mood for apple pie.

I had been to two different restaurants recently that had incredibly tasty apple tarts and those have been on my ‘craving’ list. It took a couple of tries to get the crust, filling and topping just right, but that is one of the many reasons I love my friends, a.k.a, human guinea pigs.

The filling is made with Granny Smith apples, which I generally do not use alone. But I decided that with a sweet crust and streusel topping, the tart needed the green beauties to stand on their own. A real bonus for this tart is that all of the layers can be made ahead of time. The crust may be rolled out and frozen in the tart pan, the filling may be prepared a day ahead of time and refrigerated overnight as can the streusel topping.

“American as Apple Tart” may not replace, “American as Apple Pie,” in day-to-day conversation, but for purposes of this blog, it’s a much better fit. No status symbol attached to this tart, just plain ole’ American goodness with each and every bite.

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Apple Streusel Tart
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Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Betsy Cohen
Prep time: 40 mins
Cook time: 35 mins
Total time: 1 hour 15 mins
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
  • Crust:
  • 1¼ cups all purpose flour
  • 1½ tablespoons sugar
  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1½ tablespoons ice water
  • Apple filling:
  • 2½ tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into pieces
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Streusel topping:
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ cup old fashioned oats
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
Instructions
  1. For the crust:
  2. Combine flour and sugar in a food processor. Pulse on/off to mix. Add butter and pulse on/off until butter is the size of baby peas. Add egg yolk. While pulsing on/off, add ice water and mix just until dough becomes a ball.
  3. Transfer ball to a sheet of wax paper and shape into disc. Wrap up and refrigerate for at least one hour.
  4. Preheat oven to 400°. Set aside 9” tart pan with removable bottom.
  5. Roll out dough, either on a lightly floured surface or between two sheets of wax paper, so that it is large enough to fit into a 9” tart pan. Spray tart pan with cooking spray (i.e. Pam) and transfer dough to pan. Fold excess dough into pan to support outer edge. Prick with fork and freeze for 15 minutes.
  6. Place on baking pan, line tart with parchment paper and fill with pie weights. Bake until edges are light brown. Remove parchment paper and bake additional 5 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely.
  7. For the apple filling:
  8. Melt butter in sauté pan. Add apples, sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon. Saute over medium heat until apples are tender and all juices have evaporated. Cool completely.
  9. For the streusel topping:
  10. Stir flour, oats and brown sugar in small bowl. Use a fork or fingers to blend in butter. Set aside.
  11. Preheat oven to 350°. Once tart shell and apples are cool, transfer apples into pan. Cover with streusel topping.
  12. Bake on baking sheet in 350° oven for 30-35 minutes, until top is golden brown.
  13. Cool completely. Once cool, push tart up to remove side of pan. Use large metal spatula to gently slide tart onto serving plate.
  14. Betsy's tidbits:
  15. A real bonus for this tart is that all of the layers can be made ahead of time. The crust may be rolled out and frozen in the tart pan, the filling may be prepared a day ahead of time and refrigerated overnight as can the streusel topping.
Notes
Additional time is needed for refrigeration and cooling.
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Happylicious By Betsy December 2015 lo res I have loved desserts for as long as I can remember. Growing up I loved the smell of freshly baked challah in my maternal great-grandmother’s kitchen, the incredible butter cookies from my paternal grandmother and the perfect pies my mother used to bake when company came over. More about me.
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