Apple pie has always been my dad’s favourite. But we had always ordered and had it while in India. So this lockdown when the baking bug caught me I decided to try my hand in it. Initially I had imagined the recipe to be really tough especially getting the crust right but then I tried my cookie dough methodology and it worked. Yup, thanks to all those cookie baking experiments that resulted in those rock hard cookies 😛. Those helped me get the flaky yet crispy crust.

And here goes the recipe.

Ingredients (1 cup is equivalent to 75 gm):

Dough for crust

– all purpose flour or wheat flour (this gives a bit nutty flavour) 1.5 cups

– powdered cinnamon 1 tsp

– a pinch of salt

– 1 tbsp clarified butter or ghee

– 4-5 tbsp oil

-water as needed

For the filling

– 3 medium sized apples sliced to medium sized cubes or thin slices (peeling the apples has a different taste from not peeling. It depends on your taste. I do not peel as I find the peel the sweetest in taste.)

– sugar 4 tbsp (can add more if you like it more sweet)

– 2 tbsp all purpose flour

– 1 tsp powdered cinnamon

For coating

– egg wash or milk

– 1 tsp powdered cinnamon

– 1-2 tsp powdered sugar

Recipe (prep time : 15 min, baking time 25 min )

1. Take a bowl and gather the dry ingredients for the dough. Mix well. Then add the oil and ghee and mix such that when you hold a portion of the flour in your hand it loosely binds. If it does not bind then add 1 tsp oil at a time and mix again till it does. The flour will feel crumbly at this stage.

Add water little at a time and knead a smooth dough. Brush oil to the dough once done and knead for five more minutes.

2. Divide the dough into two equal sized balls. Roll out the balls into two semi thick sheets (as thick as say a digestive biscuit).

3. Now choose a (microwave safe) greased bowl such that one of the sheets covers the base of the bowl completely and comes up to the sides leaving a 2 cm edge around the rim of the bowl.

4. Using your fingers press the dough sheet against the bowl such that the sheet takes the shape of the bowl and sticks to it. Fold the edge outwards and press against the rim.

5. Preheat the oven at 300 watts and 200 degrees centigrade for 15 min.

6. Meanwhile in another bowl add the apple slices, sugar, cinnamon powder and all purpose flour. Mix them well such that all the slices get covered with the flour as much as possible.

7. Now take the other rolled sheet and using a knife cut wide strips.

8. Brush egg wash or milk lightly on the pie base. Then add to it the pie filling and spread it out as evenly as possible.

9. Add 5-6 drops of oil at different points on the filling surface.

10. Using the dough strips make a lattice design as shown in the snap covering the filling. Pinch the edges together well so that they stick together.

The lattice design ensures steam to escape off the apple pie while it bakes. If you are short of time you can even take the dough sheet as it is and cover the pie surface as it is. Ensure to make few tiny cuts on the surface with a knife for the steam to escape.

11. Brush the pie cover with egg wash or milk and sprinkle powdered sugar and powdered cinnamon for additional flavour.

12. Bake the apple pie in the preheated oven at 300 watts and 200 degrees centigrade for 25 minutes. Let the pie cool down completely and it will automatically detach from the baking bowl.

Enjoy your very own home baked scrumptious apple pie.

Note : Ensure that the filling quantity and the dough quantity is enough for the bowl you choose to bake your pie in. If your bowl demands more or less quantity of the ingredients then the baking time will be more or less accordingly.

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