Apple Pie

🥘 Ingredients

  • apples
    1,5 kg
  • butter
    200 g
  • caster sugar
    75 g
  • cinnamon
    1 tbsp
  • custard powder
    2 tbsp
  • egg
    1
  • salt
  • self-rising flour
    400 g
  • sugar
    200 g
  • vanilla sugar
    8 g
  1. 1
    Beat the egg loose and divide into two parts. One half is for the dough, the other half for brushing the top.
    egg: 1
  2. 2
    Mix butter , sugar , self-rising flour , half an egg, vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt into a firm dough. Divide the dough into 3 parts.
    butter: 200 g, sugar: 200 g, self-rising flour: 400 g, vanilla sugar: 8 g, salt
  3. 3
    Peel the apples , remove the cores and slice them. In a cup or bowl, mix the caster sugar , cinnamon and custard powder .
    apples: 1,5 kg, caster sugar: 75 g, cinnamon: 1 tbsp, custard powder: 2 tbsp
  4. 4
    Grease your springform pan and dust it with flour.
  5. 5
    Use one part of the dough to cover the bottom of the tin. Use a second part of dough for the edges. You can either roll out the dough or push individual pieces of dough together in the mould.
  6. 6
    Put half the apples in the mould and sprinkle ⅓ of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top. You can now also put the remaining apple slices in the mould, sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top.
  7. 7
    Roll out the last part of dough on a floured work surface into a sheet about 5 mm thick and cut strips about 1 cm wide.
  8. 8
    Lay the strips crosswise on the apple pie. With some extra dough strips, finish the edge all around. Use half the egg to grease the strips of dough.
  9. 9
    Place the tart slightly below the middle of the oven. Bake for 60 minutes until cooked and golden brown.