Who doesn’t love apple pie?! This Dutch Apple Pie with White Chocolate Butter Sauce takes things to a whole new level. Now that’s a pie!

Remember how we talked about the fact that my mom doesn’t like apple pie, and that she did like raspberry pie so it always got the happy face? Well, I think I could change her mind with this pie. In fact I believe this dutch apple pie with white chocolate butter sauce is the pie that all apple pie lovers and haters will go gaga over. After I created this pumpkin pasta with Fisher nuts I hurried and wrote them that I had an idea for my next post and that it involved pie. Clearly we all voted yes on posting it.

I think the biggest problem people have with apple pie is that they don’t enjoy the mushy fruit. At least, that’s the most common thing that I hear. But these apples are different. You’ll start your apple pie by cooking the apples for about 10-15 minutes in a sauce pan over medium heat until they just start to turn tender. Not already tender, but just starting to soften and then they head straight into the pie.

Some recipes call for cooking the pie low and slow until the apples break down, but I don’t love how much juice comes out that way. Other recipes call for pre cooking the apples until completely tender and cooked and then baking the pie on a higher heat. I actually don’t mind that method, but because the apple pie with tender but still firm apples seems to be the one winning over our friends and family members that don’t like apple pie I think I’ll stick with this one. Plus, it’s easier to not mess up.

Ingredients for Dutch Apple Pie
For the Crust and Apple Pie Filling
- Pie Crust: all purpose flour, unsalted butter, salt, sugar, and ice water
- Apples: I prefer a combination of Honeycrisp and Granny Smith apples when I make apple pie.
- Sugar: adds sweetness to balance the tartness of the apples
- Flour: helps thicken the juices that cook off the apples
- Spices: Nutmeg and Cinnamon
- Salt: enhances all the flavors

For the Topping
- Flour: just regular all purpose flour works great
- Pecans: adds a great warmth and flavor to the topping, plus a little extra crunch, but you can’t even tell what it is. Your guests will totally be guessing at what you added to give the topping that little somethin’ somethin’ but never know it’s just a bunch of pecans from Fisher Nuts.
- PRO TIP: If you aren’t a pecan fan, walnuts can be used instead.
- Rolled Oats: adds texture and structure to the topping
- Brown Sugar: adds rich flavor and sweetness
- Salt: enhances all the flavors
- Butter: binds all the ingredients together to form the crunchy rich topping
For the White Chocolate Butter Sauce
- Butter: adds richness and is the base for the sauce, make sure it’s cold butter
- Powdered Sugar: sweetens the sauce
- Cream Cheese: make sure it is room temperature so it doesn’t get clumpy
- White Chocolate Melts: almond bark also works
The measurements for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post. Keep scrolling down for all the details.

How to Make Dutch Apple Pie with White Chocolate Butter Sauce
I’m going to walk you through each step for making this outrageous apple pie. It’s so much easier than it looks because it looks so dang fancy. I’ll break it up into each of the different parts of the recipe.
For the Pie
- You’ll want to start preheating the oven and by making the pie crust. I won’t go into the details here since you can read all about it in that post. Roll out the pie dough using a rolling pin and place the bottom crust in a pie dish.
- Then you will cook the apples on the stove top just to tender them up a bit.
- When the apples have partially cooked, pour them into the pie crust and then add the oat topping all over the top (I’ll explain how to make that below).
- Bake the pie until golden brown and bubbling. While the pie is baking you can make the white chocolate sauce (explained below).
- Serve the pie warm with vanilla ice cream and the buttery white chocolate sauce.


For the Topping
- Combine all the ingredients except the butter in a small bowl and whisk everything together.
- Using a pastry cutter, cut in the butter and then use your hands to finish mixing. It should clump together when you squeeze it.
- PRO TIP: If you don’t have a pastry cutter, a fork works just fine too!
- Crumble the topping over the top of the apples.


For the Sauce
- Add all the ingredients except the white chocolate to a small bowl and use an electric hand mixer to beat everything together.
- When you are ready to serve, heat up the sauce mixture in one bowl and the white chocolate in another bowl.
- Once they are both heated quickly stir them together and serve over the hot pie.
All of these instructions can also be found in the recipe card down below.


What is the Difference Between Dutch Apple Pie and Regular?
Regular apple pie has a pastry top. Dutch apple pie is topped with streusel instead of pastry. It’s like a combination of an apple pie and and apple crumble or crisp. Heaven!

What are the Best Apples for Baking?
We used a combo of Honeycrisp and Granny Smith. I know, you’re used to being told to go straight to granny’s, but trust me, the combination of the two gives the pie the perfect sweetness and flavor. Here are our favorite apples for baking:
- Granny Smith
- Honey Crisp
- Braeburn
- Macintosh
- Golden Delicious
- Ambrosia
- Gala
- Fuji


How Long Will Apple Pie Keep?
Apple pie will keep for 2-3 days at room temperature.
You can keep apple pie for an additional 2-3 days in the fridge.

Can You Freeze Apple Pie Before It is Baked?
Freezing apple pie before it is baked is the preferred method. It’s texture and flavor will be closer to fresh apple pie. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and foil and freeze up to 4 months in the freezer.
There is no need to thaw before baking. Place frozen pie on baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 35-40 minutes.

Dutch apple pie is one of my all time favorites! I mean, I’ve never come across a pie I didn’t like, but there’s some about those perfectly cooked apples with the crunchy oat topping that is out of this world! Then you add the white chocolate butter sauce and YOWZA!! You’re gonna be drooling over this one, friends!

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- Dutch Mixed Berry Pie
- Simple Blueberry Pie
- Fresh Strawberry Pie
- Lemon Jello Peach Pie
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- Sour Cream Peach Pie
- Homemade Apple Pie
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Dutch Apple Pie with White Chocolate Butter Sauce
Description
Ingredients
- 1 Pie Crust
- 3 Apples, Honeycrisp, peeled and sliced
- 3 Apples, Granny Smith, peeled and sliced
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 3 1/2 Tablespoons Flour
- 1/8 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 Pinch Salt
Topping
- 1 Cup Flour
- 1/2 Cup Pecans, chopped fine in a food processor
- 1 1/2 Cups Rolled oats
- 1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar
- 1 Pinch Salt
- 3/4 Cup Butter, unsalted, cold
White Chocolate Butter Sauce – adapted from The Girl Who Ate Everything
- 1/4 Cup Butter
- 1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Cream Cheese
- 2 Tablespoons White Chocolate Melts, or almond bark, melted
Instructions
For the Pie
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Make the pie crust and set aside. You can blind bake the bottom crust if you desire. Follow the instructions for blind baking in the pie crust post.1 Pie Crust
- In a large sauce pan over medium heat, add the apples, sugar, flour, and seasonings.3 Apples, 3 Apples, 1 Cup Sugar, 1/8 teaspoon Nutmeg, 3 1/2 Tablespoons Flour, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1 Pinch Salt
- Cook, stirring occasionally for about 10-12 minutes or until slightly tender. If your stove heats up pretty hot and the apples are cooking faster just turn it down to medium low and make sure you watch the apples. You still want them to have a bite to them.
- Pour the apples into the uncooked pie crust and top with the topping.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden and bubbling.
- Serve with ice cream and butter sauce.
For the Topping
- Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir together.1 Cup Flour, 1/2 Cup Pecans, 1 1/2 Cups Rolled oats, 1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar, 1 Pinch Salt
- Using a pastry cutter, cut in the butter and then use your hands to finish mixing (squeezing the crumb mixture together to gather all the flour and break up the butter bits in your fingers).3/4 Cup Butter
- Proceed with pie per above instructions.
For the Sauce
- Using an electric mixer, mix together everything but the white chocolate.1/4 Cup Butter, 1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar, 2 Tablespoons Cream Cheese
- When you are ready to serve, heat up the sauce mixture and the white chocolate in separate bowls.2 Tablespoons White Chocolate Melts
- Once heated quickly stir them together and serve over the hot pie.
Notes
Nutrition
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Raena
The cooking time seems really short. Should the pie crust be pre-baked before putting in the apples? It just says “make the pie crust”. I assume that means prepare it but don’t bake it because apple pie is usually done in an unbaked crust.
Sweet Basil
Hi Raena! The pie crust should still be raw before baking. The bake time is shorter than a usual apple pie because the apples are partially cooked before going into the pie crust. Step 3 in the instructions goes through that step. Enjoy!!
Kristen
We do a lot of prepping beforehand. I’d love to make this pie and freeze it. Should I follow the recipe to step 4 on pie instructions, then pull out and follow the directions from the freezing apple pie instructions? Thanks so much!
Sweet Basil
Yes, exactly! Enjoy!
Cassandra Berry
Oh my lanta!! I will be checking these out, thank you
Sweet Basil
You totally should! Let us know how it goes!!
Connie Jane
Can I pour the glaze over the whole pie, or would it ruin it?
Sweet Basil
The topping would become soft under the glaze, but I don’t think it would be bad
Nicole
Hi there! This pie looks A-MAZING! How well do you think this translates into an apple crisp? Could I just make it as is and ditch the pie crust? I’m hoping to make it for a birthday party coming up and was just thinking I could serve more people with it as a crisp…or is it that good as a pie and I should just make multiple? I need to feed about 15 people.
Sweet Basil
It would work fantastic as a crisp! And I’m dying that I never even thought of that, haha! I would double it for 15 people.
Sherry Mohr
This pie looks AMAZING!!! Going to give it a test run for our upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Unfortunately, I have pie crust anxiety, lol – do you think I could use a graham or other type of crust? Thank you for this fantastic recipe!
Sweet Basil
Oh totally!! Graham cracker crust is always good or often you can buy a crust from a bakery if you don’t want to buy frozen.
Sherry Mohr
Thank you so much for your quick reply. My son is home from college this weekend so I’m going to give this lucious pie a go. Maybe when I’m feeling brave, I’ll try your foolproof crust. Looks heavenly. Thank you again!!
Sweet Basil
Wonderful!! I hope you all enjoy it!
Sherry Mohr
Oh My Goodness – that was the best tasting apple pie EVER!!! Everyone raved about it…and the white chocolate butter sauce was over the top delicious!!! I made the pie yesterday…it’s completely gone!!!
Sweet Basil
Woohooo!!!! This totally makes my night. I know we adore it but it’s always so nice to hear that someone else does too. Thank you so much!!!!
Pam
i made this recipe this past winter.it turned out perfect!! Today…I cut the recipe in half to make a small pie….omg….terrible! I followed everything to the letter, went over it 12 times trying to figure out why? When applying the apples and dry ingredients to the pan, I was suspicious because there was no wet ingredients…kept the faith and continued….dry, cakey and huge disappointment 🙁
gabrielle
I’m going to make this NOW. I’m sure the guys will appreciate it after a long day of hunting.
Sweet Basil
I hope you all love it!
Denise
I made the Dutch Apple Pie with White Chocolate Butter Sauce for Thanksgiving……had I known it was going to be this good, I would have skipped my meal and had it for my entrée as well! The honey crisp apples were huge so I only had to use 2 of them. I think the I had a total of 8 cups of sliced apples. The topping was wonderful but the white chocolate butter sauce drizzled on the top put this apple pie over the top! SO GOOD. Thank you for sharing this.
Sweet Basil
YAY!!!! I am so thrilled to hear that! Thank you so much for your sweet words!
Nicole
When you say oatmeal. .do you mean quick oats or old fashioned oats?
Sweet Basil
Hi Nicole,
It can actually be either. I prefer the rolled old fashioned oats, but we’ve made it enough both ways that I honestly just use whatever I have.
Nicole
Thank you! Im making this for Thanksgiving tomorrow and cant wait to eat it! It looks delicious! 🙂
Sweet Basil
Yay! Enjoy!
Kerry Hansen
Can you tell what are honey crisp apples thank you
Sweet Basil
Hi Kerry!! Honey Crisp apples are just a variety, you can use granny or eve golden delicious if you’d like. 🙂
Katie @ Addicted 2 DIY
I made this yesterday and I loved it! The crumb topping was so good and I really liked the added crunch from the pecans and oatmeal. It made quite a bit of topping, so I only used about half of it. We spent Thanksgiving at my husband’s fire station, so I didn’t make the white chocolate butter sauce for fear of it getting lost in the shuffle, but I am excited to make this again and try it with the sauce. This will be my go-to apple pie from now on.
jagruti
Hello, i am staying in india and here we dont get pie base in market..can you pl.share d recipe of pie base too…if it is without egg then good so i can serve to my friends too..thanx
Sweet Basil
Here you go! https://ohsweetbasil.com/2009/11/kristins-magic-pie-crust-by-jennifer.html
Megan Parr
oh- and my favorite pie is a tie between pecan and my mom’s strawbery cream. YUM.
Megan Parr
um….and Marionberry….definitely Marionberry…..
Sweet Basil
I hate that Utah Costco’s aren’t carrying marionberries anymore! It’s like torture!
Megan Parr
This pie has gone on the menu for Thanksgiving…can’t wait! Seriously looks mouth watering.
Sweet Basil
I stinking love you. COme visit!
Lisa
Blueberry cream cheese.
Susan Christy
I love all kinds of pie, and my all time favorite is gooseberry.
Michelle
My favorite is raspberry or blackberry (or better yet, both together).
Stephanie M
This looks delicious!!
Stephanie M
My favorite pie is Strawberry but holiday season is usually Pumpkin.
Ashley
amazing!
Melanie F
I don’t have a favorite! If it is done right, then I love it. It’s hard to pick just one. This will definitely be on my thanksgiving pie menu!
Carmen
My favorite pie this time of year is pumpkin – because we only make it once a year.
Jennifer M.
My favorite pie is coconut cream!
Jennifer M.
I love the crumb topping on this apple pie!
leah
Looks so yummy!
Danyiel Johnson
Favorite apple.
Danyiel Johnson
It’s one of those days….I could eat a whole pie right now.
Helen Young
I love any kind of pure, but my favorite is chocolate cream pie.
Natasha
My favorite is apple!
Amy
Fudge Pie
Amy W.
Apple…hands down!!
Erica
My favorite pie is pumpkin chocolate cheesecake pie.
Juli V
I love a good apple crumb pie.
Debra
Oh my Lord….
Nicole S.
good old apple pie!
Robin M
I love Key Lime, Chocolate Meringue or Apple about equal.
Jennifer B
Apple
tara deuling
I love most pie but my favorite is dutch apple pie
ChrisB
my favorite pie is plumb with crumble on top
Dawn
I love all pie, but mincemeat!
Dawn
sorry for the double reply – didn’t think it took the first time
Dawn
I love all pies (except mincemeat!), but really like the fact that I can justify eating pie in the morning if it’s apple or pumpkin…(it’s heathly, right!?!). Thanks!
Julia
Boysenberry pie and Pecan pie. But honestly, you can’t go wrong with any kind of pie. 😉
Julia Smialek
Boysenberry pie and Pecan pie. But honestly, you can’t go wrong with any kind of pie. 😉
Jenna Haderlie
I love apple pie, but my husband loves EVERY pie.
Kajsa
I love cherry pie!
Jane Curtis
Coconut cream
Jessica
I love key lime and all pudding pies. This pie looks awesome!
Tia Holmes
I love apple and sweet potato pie!!!
April Mitchell
Wow, this pie looks to. die. for! Definitely going on our Thanksgiving menu.
Wendy R.
My absolute favorite pie is Key Lime. But hey, any pie with plenty of real whipped cream on top is good!!
Sweet Basil
mmmmm, I love key lime too!
Di
Perfect I’ve been looking for a good dutch apple pie recipe for Thanksgiving and here ya go. Thank you.
Christina @ The Beautiful Balance
My favorite pie, hands down, is cherry pie. Not the kind that comes from a can, but fresh and ripe cherry pie from scratch!
Dezi A
Oh, I love just about any pie, but I”ll go with Peach as my all time favorite!
Alaina @ Fabtastic Eats
umm omg. that topping is killing it! I just want to shovel this into my mouth..and the glaze on top..oh my lord, best apple pie ever.
Sweet Basil
haha, thanks my dear!
Michelle
The white chocolate sauce puts this over the top!
karen
Pumpkin pie,especially for breakfast!
Patricia Birkholz
Dutch Apple!
Dina
it looks delish!
Emily
my favorite pie is COCONUT CREAM. so good.
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking
If there were a way I could WILL this pie off the screen and into my mouth… I’d find out how. I’m certainly trying! 🙂
Sweet Basil
lol, use those magic powers girl. I’ve seen all the deliciousness you make!
Miriam
My favorite is also apple. Your dutch apple recipe looks delicious.
Jacqui
Apple!
Taylor @ FoodFaithFitness
I’m going to be “that girl” and be totally weird…I don’t love pie, but I do love pie crust. Literally, just crust. My grandma always used to make me mini pie crusts to eat while everyone else ate real pie!
However, I am REALLY thinking I could make an exception for this pie…apples and chocolate? Yum!
Sweet Basil
what the what?! lol! I love that you just want the crust. It’s my fave part so I understand
Ross Olson
Apple pie is my favorite. Oh, and blueberry, too! 🙂
Ross Olson
Emily
Apple pie is my most favorite, especially if it has a Dutch crunch topping. This looks divine!
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes)
What an absolutely stunning apple pie! The white chocolate butter sauce sounds so incredible.
Meagan @ A Zesty Bite
This apple pie looks soooo delicious and then topped with that sauce! Totally craving this after my lunch.
Tori Pine
German chocolate pecan pie!
Marysue
My favorite pie IS apple, but from my first memories of having it, we always topped it with a piece of cheese and melted it a tad. It was delicious! But I can’t wait to try this white chocolate butter sauce!
maggie
I love pies. All pies. Savory, sweet, or somewhere in between. If I were to pick an absolute favorite, it would have to be an apple-pear pie with a cheddar streusel topping.
Alexis
I love apple and pumpkin cheesecake … or some chocolate mousse!!
Liz @ Virtually Homemade
Love the addition of the white chocolate BUTTER sauce!
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie
Are you serious right now? White chocolate butter sauce? I think I just fell in love. P.S. My favorite pie is pumpkin but that might change after I try this.
Amanda
This looks so delicious!!!!
Amanda
My favorite pe is pecan.
Daniela
Definitely apple crumb or dutch apple
Amy @ The Nifty Foodie
I adore pumpkin pie!
Noel
Pecan pie is my absolute favorite. I only have it at Thanksgiving.
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life
Does every pie count as an answer? I haven’t met one I haven’t liked yet 🙂 And this one looks incredible girl!!!