Mrs Treat's Apple Pie
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Rolling Pin
- Muffin Tin
- Oven
Ingredients
Pastry
- 50 g Ground Almonds
- 50 g Coconut Flour
- pinch Salt
- 50 g Butter
- 1 Egg
Filling
- 250 g Apple
- 25 g Butter
- 50 ml Hot Water
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
Pastry
- Mix all dry ingredients together: ground almonds, coconut flour and salt.
- Mix in butter with hands to dry ingredients.
- Mix in most of the egg, saving 1-2 tsps for glazing the pastry before baking.
- Place in fridge to firm up.
Filling
- Chop apples into small even sized chunks.
- Melt butter in pan and add apples.
- After a few minutes of cooking apples add cinnamon and hot water.
- Stew for about 10 minutes.
Combine
- Preheat oven to 180°C and preline baking tin.
- Using a rolling pin and two pieces of greaseproof paper roll the pastry.
- Use a round cutter to create the top and bottom of the pie, alternatively you can use a glass tumbler. Ingredients will make 4 small pies, so make 8 rounds.
- To create the sides cut pastry into 4 long strips.
- Place pastry bottom and sides into tin.
- Mash half of apple filling and divide between mini pies.
- Place pastry lid on top and use fingers to close any gaps.
- Create apple shape with a knife and place in centre of pie.
- Use the remaining egg to brush on top of pastry.
- Bake for 10 minutes.