Apple Pie

~ fragile and sweet

As a child, my mother used to prepare this Apple Pie from the apples we harvested from our garden, and it was one of my favourite desserts at the time. The dough is really fragile and buttery, the filling creamy and cinnamon flavoured. Also, it is really pretty and a good way to keep the little ones occupied with shaping the dough. From this portion, you will remain with some leftover buttery dough from which you can cut forms and bake the most delicious and fragile butter biscuits as well.

Ingredients for the dough:

✔ 400 g flour

✔ 10 g baking powder

✔ 200 g butter

✔ 4 tbsp of sugar

✔ zest of a lemon

✔ 10 g vanilla sugar

✔ 2 tbsp of sour cream

✔ 1 egg yolk + 1 egg yolk for brushing

Ingredients for the filling:

✔5-6 big apples

✔ 2-3 tbsp of sugar

✔ ground cinnamon by taste

Instructions for the dough:

1. Knead together all the ingredients until dough is formed. Divide it into 2 and roll them out in the shape of the baking tray (I used a round one).

2. Place one layer on the baking tray covered with baking paper, and cut the other one into stripes (as on the picture).

Instructions for the filling:

1. Grate the apples and transfer them into a saucepan and boil on small heat for about 15 minutes or until changes in colour.

2. Add the sugar and cinnamon.

Final instructions:

1. Transfer the filling on the first layer, smoothen, then decorate with the stripes made out of the second layer. Brush it with the egg yolk.

2. Bake in the preheated oven on 180C for about 35-40 minutes or until the stripes become golden.

3. If you have leftover dough, cut it into shapes and bake some butter biscuits on 180C for about 20 minutes.

Enjoy! :)