Apple pie is such a simple and tasty dessert that it can be prepared not only on holidays, but also on a daily basis. There are a lot of recipes for such baking, and all of them do not require great skills. Below are the most interesting options. But for all apple pie recipes, there are a number of general rules that should be followed.
What do you need to remember?
Make sure the apple slices are uniform in size. Why is this needed? Surely you do not need solid large and at the same time soft thin pieces of fruit in the finished dish. The correct filling for the pie should have a uniform soft texture. Ideally, cut apples into slices no thicker than 7 mm. If the pieces are too thin, they will lose their specific taste and will crawl in the dough.
Secondly, use a deep baking dish at least 5 cm high. The expediency of this can be seen by looking at various photos of pies with apples in the oven. The recipe can be anything, but a flat product looks ugly, and the fillings in it turn out too little.
Use a lot of apples, do not save on filling. If you take different types of fruit at the same time, the taste will turn out more vivid. The best combination of apples is Granny Smith and any juicy red varieties in one filler.
In addition, any apple pie is difficult to imagine without fragrant spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg. When serving this dessert, it is advisable to spread a ball of vanilla ice cream on top. Some housewives also add ground cloves and allspice to the apple pie tart. Recipes with photos of the most interesting options for this treat are presented below.
Apple Pie
Americans traditionally prepare this dessert for Thanksgiving. Each bite of this pie contains a lot of sweet and spicy apples. Served on the table is such a treat with vanilla ice cream and small salted caramel. To make a pie with apples according to a simple recipe, you will need:
- shortcrust pastry (made according to any recipe or in-store);
- 6 large apples, peeled, cut into small slices (10-12 glasses in total);
- half a glass of granulated sugar;
- a quarter cup (31 grams) of universal flour;
- zest and juice from one lemon;
- 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon;
- 1/4 teaspoon of cloves, ground, allspice and nutmeg;
- 1 large egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of milk;
- optional: coarse sugar for decoration.
How to cook it?
Make the filling first: in a large bowl, mix the apple slices, sugar, flour, lemon zest + juice, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg until they are thoroughly combined. Set aside until the oven warms up. This will make it possible for all the ingredients to absorb each other's flavors very quickly.
The recipe for an apple pie in the oven further includes the following steps. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C. Roll the chilled shortcrust pastry onto the working surface, divide into 2 equal parts. Put half in the refrigerator for a while. Roll out the second part of the chilled dough into a thin circle. Carefully place it in a circular detachable form (slightly oiled), with your fingers, spread it evenly along the bottom and walls. Put the filling to the brim with a spoon.
Remove the second part of the dough from the refrigerator. Roll into a circle with a diameter equal to the size of the form. Gently place it on the cake over the filling. Use a small knife to cut excess dough from the sides, blindly tighten the edges. Make cuts at the top to form openings for steam to escape.
Lightly spread the top of the cake with a mixture of eggs and milk. Sprinkle large sugar on top, if used. Place the pie in the oven and bake for 25 minutes. While holding the dessert in the oven, turn the temperature to 190 ° C and bake for another half hour or a little more. After the first 20 minutes of baking, place a sheet of foil on top of the product to prevent the top from frying too quickly.
As you can see, this recipe for an apple pie in the oven is very simple. Let the dessert cool for 3 hours at room temperature before serving.
Apple and raisin pie
A feature of this apple dessert is its soft tender filling. This apple pie recipe is also notable for the fact that melted vanilla ice cream is added to the product for an extra creamy taste and aroma of vanilla. You should chop the golden sweet apples and put in melted ice cream along with cinnamon, sugar and lemon juice. Before baking, dessert should be greased with a mixture of melted butter, flour, brown sugar and salt. Allow the cake to cool completely before you start cutting it, so that its filling has time to thicken. For this recipe you will need the following:
For the test:
- a quarter cup of ice water;
- 4 tablespoons tea sour cream;
- 1.25 cups all-purpose flour;
- one and a half tablespoons of granulated sugar tea;
- half a spoon of tea salt;
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and frozen for 15 minutes.
For filling:
- 1.2 kg of apples, peeled and sliced 7 mm thick;
- half a glass of melted vanilla ice cream;
- half a glass of raisins;
- half a glass of granulated sugar;
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice;
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract;
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon;
- half a spoon of tea salt.
For the top layer:
- 1 cup universal flour;
- half a glass of light brown sugar;
- 6 tablespoons tablespoons unsalted butter, melted;
- half a spoon of (tea) salt.
Cooking apple pie with raisins and ice cream
Golden sweet sweet apples are best, but Granny Smith and the like are also good for this oven-baked apple pie recipe.
Make the dough first. Combine water and sour cream in a bowl. Beat flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor until they are combined. Add the oil gradually and beat until it becomes large peas. Pour in a mixture of sour cream with water and continue vigorous mixing until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Put the dough on the film and form a disk out of it. Wrap tightly and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Prepare the filler at this time. Put all the ingredients needed for the filling in a large bowl. Apples should be evenly coated with a liquid mixture. Leave at room temperature for at least an hour (preferably 2 hours). Next, step by step the recipe for a pie with apples in the oven is as follows.
Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and heat it to 180 degrees. Put the dough on a lightly floured table. Using a rolling pin, roll it into a thin layer. Then put it on a plate, blind a basket with very elevated edges from the dough. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Cover the pan with a layer of parchment paper. Put a chilled basket of dough on it. Put the filling in one handful in it, evenly distributing the apples on the surface. Pour the remaining liquid from the apples into the pie. Stir all the ingredients for the top layer until you get tight lumps. Sprinkle them evenly on the liquid filling.
Bake the cake until the top layer is golden brown. It takes about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let the cake cool on a wire rack for at least 4 hours, preferably more.
Classic Charlotte
Apple charlotte is a traditional Russian dessert made from apples. This is both a cake and a cake, depending on the serving. The top of this dessert should be ruddy and firm, carefully sprinkled with powdered sugar, and the filling should be soft and tender. Some apple charlotte pie recipes suggest adding apples with a little cinnamon, nutmeg and almond extract to create a bouquet of mouth-watering flavors.
In addition, this cake is very simple to prepare, since it does not require expensive and inaccessible products. You can quickly make it from ingredients that are always at hand. Charlotte goes well with tea or coffee, and can be a great breakfast or dessert after dinner. For this simple step-by-step recipe for a pie with apples (photo of the result above) you will need:
- 4 any large sour apples, peeled and thinly sliced;
- 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice (from half a lemon);
- a glass of sugar;
- 3/4 cup universal flour (plus an additional 2 tablespoons);
- a quarter teaspoon ground cinnamon;
- a quarter of a teaspoon of nutmeg;
- a pinch of salt;
- 3 large eggs at room temperature;
- half a spoonful of tea almond extract;
- confectionery sugar for sprinkling.
How to bake charlotte?
The recipe for a charlotte pie with apples in the oven is as follows. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Lightly grease the side and bottom of the spring mold with oil.
In a large bowl, mix the apples with lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar and let stand for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, beat the flour (2 tablespoons) with nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Using an electric mixer, beat eggs with almond extract and remaining flour with 2 tablespoons of sugar at an average speed until a thick and pale yellow mass is formed.
It takes about 8-10 minutes. In two steps, carefully add the dry ingredients and beat until fully mixed. Spread the apples in the prepared form in an even layer, then evenly pour the dough on them. Let stand for 5 minutes to lower the dough a little.
Bake the charlotte for about 55-60 minutes until it becomes golden and crispy on top. Transfer to a rack and let stand for 15 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish, sprinkle with confectionery sugar and serve dessert warm. As you can see, this is the easiest apple pie recipe for a quick hand.
French apple pie
Above are the simplest apple baking options. In turn, the French recipe for apple pie is very different from everyone else. First of all, because it is a tart - an open dessert with pieces of fruit in a sweet sauce. This delicacy is prepared in two stages: first, the base is prepared from dough, then liquid filling is made, and the product is baked again. For the test you will need:
- 6 tablespoons tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature;
- a quarter cup of sugar;
- 2 egg yolks;
- one and a half tablespoons of tea salt;
- one and a half glasses of whole flour.
Mix all the ingredients well. You should get a single plastic mass. Oil a round baking dish. Put the dough in it and with your fingers press it to the bottom and sides to raise the edges. Use the bottom of the glass to press on it until the surface is smooth and even. Refrigerate for 20 minutes. Then bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes, then cool.
This cake tastes very similar to shortbread cookies, but it also has a pronounced salty taste. Now you can fill it with filling and bake further, until fully cooked. To complete the cooking, see below the recipe with a photo of apple pie.
How to make the filling?
In order to make a fragrant apple filling, you will need:
- 3-4 glasses of jam or apple jam;
- half a glass of sugar;
- 3 tablespoons of flavored liquor, cognac or rum;
- zest of one whole lemon or lime;
- 2 tablespoons butter;
- 3 apples, sliced no more than 5 mm thick;
- 1/2 cup apricot jam, thick and with halves of berries.
First, preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Next, the apple pie recipe should be done like this. Heat the apple jam in a shallow, wide saucepan, mixed with liquor (or cognac, or rum) and zest. Stir with butter and fill the cake to the brim with this mixture. Spread raw apple slices in a liquid filling, laying them in concentric circles. It is advisable to place them as tightly as possible. Bake dessert for 30-40 minutes. Put the warm pie on a serving plate, cover with warm apricot jam on top and sides. Such a tart is equally tasty in a hot, warm and cold form.
If you want the dough base to be sweet, reduce the amount of salt added. In any case, the cake will turn out to be very beautiful and tasty.
And another quick recipe
This recipe for apple pie involves the use of a simple puff pastry, which can be purchased at the store. In total you will need:
- 1 pack of frozen yeast-free puff pastry;
- half a glass of chopped pecans;
- a quarter cup of all-purpose flour;
- a quarter cup of brown sugar;
- 2 tablespoons table oils or margarine;
- 1 large egg white;
- a quarter cup of granulated sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of corn starch;
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon;
- 1.5 kg of sour green apples, peeled and cut into 8 wedges;
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice.
How to make such an apple pie?
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. While the dough thaws at room temperature for 15 minutes, mix pecans, flour and brown sugar in a separate bowl. Rub this mixture with the oil with your fingertips until you get coarse crumbs. Set aside.
Press the dough sheet against the bottom and sides of the baking dish on pre-spread parchment paper. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until slightly golden. Pulling the edges of the paper, remove the workpiece from the mold and immediately coat the outside with a thin layer of egg white.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix granulated sugar, corn starch, and cinnamon. Add apples and lemon juice there. Cover with wax paper and bake in the microwave for 12 minutes, stirring in the middle of the cooking process. Using a spoon, put this filling in the dough piece. Sprinkle the pecan mixture on top.
Bake the cake for 10 to 12 minutes, then refrigerate on a rack. Serve with vanilla ice cream.