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APPLE PIE
Prep Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time
30
minutes
minutes
Author
Ashika | Gardening Foodie
Ingredients
FOR THE CRUST:
▢
½
cup
/125g butter or margarine
▢
½
cup
/ 100g caster sugar
▢
¼
cup
/ 60 ml buttermilk or 1 teaspoon / 5 ml lemon juice mixed into ¼ cup of milk
▢
2
cups
/ 240g cake flour / all purpose flour
▢
1
level teaspoon
/ 4 grams baking powder
▢
½
teaspoon
/ 2 ml salt
FOR THE FILLING:
▢
385
g
canned pie apples or about 8 peeled cored and chopped medium apples
▢
½
cup
/ 100g sugar
▢
¼ cup / 60 ml raisins and cranberries or just use raisins
▢
1 teaspoon/ 5 ml ground cinnamon
▢
4
teaspoons
/ 20 ml lemon juice
Instructions
FOR THE CRUST:
Start by making the pastry by creaming the sugar and margarine.
Add the buttermilk and beat well until light and creamy.
Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt.
Knead lightly to form a soft dough. Place in the fridge or freezer for about 10 minutes.
FOR THE FILLING:
For the filling, combine the apples, sugar, raisins, cinnamon and lemon juice in a pot and
simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes.
Press half the pastry into a greased ovenproof pie dish and spoon in the filling.
Either grate the remaining pastry over the pie or cut the pastry into strips and place decoratively
Bake at 160° C / 320° F for about 20 minutes. SEE NOTE 1
Notes
1.Cover loosely with foil if you find that the top is browning too quickly before it is baked
Nutrition
Serving:
0
g
|
Carbohydrates:
0
g
|
Protein:
0
g
|
Fat:
0
g
|
Saturated Fat:
0
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
0
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
0
g
|
Trans Fat:
0
g
|
Cholesterol:
0
mg
|
Sodium:
0
mg
|
Potassium:
0
mg
|
Fiber:
0
g
|
Sugar:
0
g
|
Calcium:
0
mg
|
Iron:
0
mg
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