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.
Reese said:
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.
I did not pre-bake. I don’t think I’ve ever pre-baked for a double-crusted pie, I probably would’ve had to do a different way of sealing the edges, I’d imagine?
And ooh, I’ve never pre-cooked a fruit pie filling either. I might try that sometime too, but probably not with apples I like layering them lol.
@Avery
I like prebaking a lot of apple pie mix and hold on to it. It goes into all kinds of apple-related recipes.
@Avery
I also don’t pre-bake apples, I like to feel their texture. Great design, the cake is so beautiful!
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 cup 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.
ETA: Remember to oil the dish first and to prick the bottom of the crust a bit after you put it in.
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
- Wash the apples. I don’t usually peel them but you can if you want, I’m not your mom.
- 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.
- Mix the flour, sugar, and cinnamon and put the mix in a shaker.
- 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.
- Take the shaker and liberally dust the apple layer with your flour mixture.
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you’ve used all your apples and/or filled up the pie dish to your satisfaction.
- 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)
- 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.
@Avery
Thanks for posting the recipe.
Funny to see “preheat the oven to 220 C” followed by the ingredients in cups.
Ironically I use F for my oven, but all my baking ingredients are in grams.
I’d really suggest getting a small kitchen scale for anyone interested in baking, it was an absolute game changer.
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.
Ok Gordon Ramsay.
My jaw is on the floor. Gorgeous!!!
Beautiful!
This looks sooo good. I’m going to really start baking.
Diya said:
This looks sooo good. I’m going to really start baking.
Thanks!
…and Do It! 'Tis about to be the season, after all~
Gorgeous.
go you!
oh wow, so fancy!
You should’ve entered this in a contest!! Very good👏🏽
this reminded me of a mooncake! very pretty!
This is insanely beautiful 
impressive.