Apple Pie

The baking bug is still on. It has been a quite a while since we last had an apple pie . And since there were lotz of green apples left in the fridge which no one seems interested to eat, I cut them up and cook it with some brown sugar , add in some ground cinnamon and nutmeg….hmmmm the aroma of this fragrant spices filled the kitchen the whole evening. Prepared the pastry dough in a whiff and ta ta tada…the apple pie is ready for baking. I added in some sultanas into the apple fillings since I have lotz of them in the fridge. (",) This dessert is best eaten with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream….yummy yummz

Apple fillings

pastry dough for the pie

Line the pie dish with the first piece of pastry dough and

regfrigerate it 30 mins before baking to prevent shrinkage

fill to the top with the apple fillings

Cover with the 2nd piece of pastry dough
and crimping with a fork to seal the top and bottom pastry
Prick holes with a fork on the pastry top to allow

steam to escape during baking

Baked at 200C for 25-30 mins till brown

Cut the apple pie only when it is cooled completely

Best eaten with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream...hmmm yummz

Apple Pie

Ingredients for the pastry:

1 3/4 cups plain flour
½ cup self raising flour
1 tbsp castor sugar or brown sugar
125 gm butter- cut into cubes
4 tbsp cold water

Method:

Rub butter into the flour mixture until it looks like bread crumbs.

Then add in the cold water and knead lightly into a dough.

Divide dough into 2 portions. One portion slightly bigger than the other.

Refrigerate for 15 –30 mins. Roll the bigger portion into a round 5mm thk as

base . The other smaller portion is for the top.

Meanwhile prepare the apple fillings.

Ingredients for the apple fillings:

4 nos large green apples – cut into slices – *squeeze lemon juice over it optional
4 tbsp of brown sugar
1.5 tbsp of corn flour
¼ cup sultanas
½ teasp of ground cinnamon & nutmeg
3 tbsp of water
Method:

Put all the ingredients into a wok and mixed well.
- Cook to get a soft texture
- Uncook to get a crispy texture

Brush beaten egg yolk on the apple pie before baking at 200C for 25-30 mins .

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