Extremely Happy with how this apple pie turned out!

by Cactuar_Tamer

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  1. Cactuar_Tamer

    The recipe is really nothing special since apple pie is such a basic, vibes-based dessert, and I’m probably mostly typing this as a further procrastination tactic, but in case anyone is interested:

    Preheat your oven to 220 C

    For the oil pastry:

    >2 cups flour or flour blend (I use all purpose + Besan)
    1/2 cup milk (I use soymilk)
    1/2 oil (I used canola)
    1/2 to 1 tsp salt (I usually eyeball this)

    This makes enough for a top and bottom crust. You may have to add a bit more liquid or flour depending on what sort of flour you use.

    Take half, knead the dough and roll out the pastry and add the bottom crust as usual. A tip I like is folding it into quarters, moving it into the dish and unfolding. WAY easier than trying to drape the thing whole lol.

    For the filling:

    >6-8 small apples or equivalent amount of other-sized apples.

    >1/4 cup each flour and sugar

    >A healthy pep or three of cinnamon

    1. Wash the apples. I don’t usually peel them but you can if you want, I’m not your mom.
    2. Core and quarter the apples, and then slice each quarter into thin slices. I try to get them as thin and even as I can but don’t stress if they’re thicker or uneven.
    3. Mix the flour, sugar and cinnamon and put the mix in a shaker.
    4. Put down the first layer of apples. Don’t feel the need to get fancy if you don’t want to, as long as you make a full layer.
    5. Take the shaker and liberally dust the apple layer with your flour mixture.
    6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you’ve used all your apples and/or filled up the pie dish to your satisfaction.
    7. Add a top crust, to whatever configuration you prefer. Decorations can be adhered with a little bit of the wash on the backs of them to help.

    For the wash:

    >2 tbsp milk (I use soymilk)

    >1 tbsp syrup (I used date syrup this time, mostly because I hate the stuff on its own so I’ve been finding excuses to use it instead of maple syrup in recipes)

    8. With a pastry brush, brush the wash on your crust. Honestly this is optional. I don’t bother half the time and it’s fine.

    Bake for 15 minutes at 220 C, and 30-45 minutes at 180 C. Use your judgement. If you have a tiny oven like I do you will probably need to put some foil on top after 10 or 15 minutes so it doesn’t brown too much.

  2. Cactuar_Tamer

    They had two bags of apples half off the other day so I bought them and then ofc they needed to be used right away, so, pie!

    Now, I had a lot of work to do for my actual paying job yesterday so of course it was very important to instead really take my time with the pie and I decided to get fancier than I usually do with the crust.

    It turned out great, and it tastes great too! I’m soo happy with it, and my housemates are disappearing it so quick there was only a quarter left when I went downstairs this morning.

  3. _Prncss_brde_sux_

    Interesting way of making it. Did you prebake the crust?

    I like to cook the apples over the stove with all the ingredients for a bit first before I apply it to the pie crust.

  4. jaomelia

    This looks sooo good. I’m going to really start baking

  5. mercys_shore

    This has got to be the cutest pie I have ever seen!! Such a great idea, it turned out beautiful!

  6. Complete-Pear-1040

    You should’ve entered this in a contest!! Very good🙌🏽

  7. Novel-Combination-17

    this reminded me of a mooncake! very pretty!

  8. Stunning-Start9134

    Awh ! I love the cutouts!! I never thought to do that!!

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