Quick and Easy Apple Pie anyone
Apple pie is a hot favorite with my little daughter therefore its made more often than other sweet bakes here at Swiss home. I learnt this recipe from a good friend of mine and have been baking it ever since. This Quick and Easy Apple Pie Recipe is low on sugar since the sweetness depends on the apple variety you use.
During autumn we have an abundance of apples therefore a nice alternative dessert for those cooler days. For more ideas on apple recipes you can make Apple sauce to store for longer periods.
Uncomplicated and Easy Apple pie recipe
Since you are going to be baking the apples anyway, you don’t need to use the pretty ones. Therefore, cooking apples will do. In this recipe I have used a store bought spelt pastry dough for just pure convenience.
I make this apple pie often because its so easy to put together without much planning or ingredients. In case you don’t have access to this pastry dough, I will also leave the recipe for making your own pastry dough too.
What apples are suitable for Apple pie
I generally tend to use Gala or Elstar which is easily available here in Switzerland. The most popular cooking apples include, Braeburn, Gala, Cortland, Bramley, Empire, Northern Spy, Granny Smith and McIntosh.
You can add flavors like vanilla or cinnamon powder in the sugar mixture. I just alternate between the two flavors. An ideal way to serve apple pie is with custard or fresh cream. Because, I don’t want to add more sugar than necessary for the occasional diet, I skip those extras.
Tool you will need
Pie Dish measuring 26 cms
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Recipe for Quick and Easy Apple Pie
Ingredients for the Pastry dough:
150 gm Flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
50 gm cold butter cut into cubes
75 ml of water
Method:
Mix the flour and salt and set it aside.
Add in the butter cubes and mix the flour to a biscuit crumb like texture
Add the water and quickly form into to a dough without kneading.
Flatten it and set it for about 30 min into the refrigerator for cooling.
Roll the pastry dough into a 3 mm thickness to around 28-30 cm depending on your baking pan.
Ingredients for the filling:
4-5 Apples of your choice
6 tablespoons of ground almond
4 tablespoons of brown mascavado sugar or any brown unrefined sugar
25 ml of fresh cream. (if you need more you can add more, but the pie will take longer to bake)
1/4 tsp of vanilla powder
Variation:
Rather than making the dough yourself you can also buy a good quality store bought pastry dough and let it rest out of the refrigerator for about 20 minutes before assembling. This makes the dough more pliable and easy to handle.
Method:
Place the rolled pastry base into a baking pan or pie dish.
Prick the dough with a fork randomly. This will help the base to stay in place instead of rising.
Mix the ground almond and sugar with the vanilla powder. Sprinkle half the quantity to the base and save up half of it for the topping.
Slice the apples into thin slices and arrange them around the pie neatly. (I used an apple slicer as a result I got really thin even slices)
Mix the cream with the remaining ground almond and sugar mixture.
Dribble it on the apples randomly.
Bake for 30 min in a preheated oven at 200 deg centigrade fan.
Check to see if it browns too quickly by 20 min. and reduce the heat to 180 deg. and bake further for 10-12 min.
Serving Suggestions:
You can serve with whipped cream or Ice cream. We usually eat it plain hence its low in fat and low in sugar. Moreover, this pie tastes delicious even without any topping.
Place the rolled pastry base into a baking pan.
Ingredients
Instructions
Prick the dough with a fork randomly. This will help the base to stay in place instead of rising.
Mix the ground almond and sugar with the vanilla powder. Sprinkle half the quantity to the base and save up half of it for the topping.
Slice the apples into thin slices and arrange them around the pie neatly. (I used an apple slicer as a result I got really thin even slices)
Mix the cream with the remaining ground almond and sugar mixture.
Dribble it on the apples randomly.
Bake for 30 min in a preheated oven at 200 deg centigrade fan.
Check to see if it browns too quickly by 20 min. and reduce the heat to 180 deg. and bake further for 10-12 min.
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