Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 disk of pie dough - I used store
  • bought
  • flour for dusting surface of parchment
  • 1 large egg - beaten
  • Sugar
  • 2 tart apples - Granny Smith or Gala (peeled, cored and sliced)
  • 2 sweeter apples - McIntosh (peeled, cored and sliced)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup apple butter

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Roll out dough to about a 13-inch round, on a lightly floured surface. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Toss apples, granulated sugar, flour, lemon juice, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
  • Spread apple butter over bottom of dough, leaving about a 1 ½ inch border.
  • Arrange apples over apple butter. Sprinkle top of apples with additional cinnamon and nutmeg.
  • Fold in edges of dough to form a crust.
  • Brush with egg wash, and sprinkle with sugar.
  • Bake crostata until apples are tender and crust is golden, about 1 hour.
  • Let cool slightly. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.