Dutch crumb pie - Kruimelvlaai

Name: Dutch crumb pie - Kruimelvlaai
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12 persons
Cuisine: Dutch
Ingredients: 250 gram all-purpose flour + extra; 125 ml whole milk; 50 gram sugar + extra; 50 gram butter; 1/2 sachet dry yeast (4 gram); 1 recipe for custard or use store-bought custard instead; 200 gram all-purpose flour; 150 gram butter on room temperature; 100 gram sugar; pinch of salt; 1 tablespoon water

The Dutch crumb pie, or kruimelvlaai in Dutch is a classic 'vlaai' from the South of the Netherlands. Delicious layer of custard topped off with crumbs.

Dutch crumb pie - Kruimelvlaai ingredients

Recipe dutch crumb pie - kruimelvlaai

Made by Véronique

Published at 2017-02-06, this recipe is for 12 persons and takes 1 hours 30 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2026-02-09

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Preparation time

1 hours

Time cooking

30 minutes

Total time

1 hours 30 minutes

Preparation - 1 hour

First we're going to make the dough, because it needs time to rise. Combine flour, yeast and sugar. Heat butter along with the milk until it's lukewarm.

This shouldn't be too warm, otherwise the yeast won't work as well. Knead the dough for a few minutes, until it's smooth and elastic.

Transfer the dough ball to a bowl, cover with cling film and let it rise on a warm spot for about an hour. Meanwhile make the crumble topping.

Combine 100 gram sugar with a tablespoon of water. Knead 150 gram butter with your hands and add the sugar. Add a pinch of salt and 200 grams of flour and rub with your hands until the dough has formed crumbles.

CREATE the custard and COAT the pie form with butter and a thin layer of flour.

Finishing the kruimelvlaai - 30 minutes

Dust the work surface and rolling-pin with flour and roll out the dough until it's quite thin. transfer the dough to the form, remove excess dough and press it downwards with your hands.

Poke holes in the bottom with a fork and let the dough rise for another 15 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to 250 degrees celsius or 480 degrees fahrenheit, this type of pies will bake shortly in a very hot oven.

Divide the custard over the bottom and then divide the crumbs on top. Bake the pie in about 10 minutes, or until beautiful golden brown, depending on your oven.

Let the pie cool off until it's on room temperature and enjoy!