Crispy Crusty Easy Apple Pie Recipe

If you are looking for the best apple pie recipe, a crowd-pleasing American classic, then stop right here! 

This is my go-to dessert, especially if you have a tub of ice cream on hand! And you can get all these high-quality ingredients for this easy apple pie recipe from Little Farms – Mabel Pang, Little Farms Pastry Sous-Chef

Serves 12

Ingredients for apple pie recipe

• 1 roll spelt butter puff
• 4g corn starch
• 55g caster sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 20g unsalted butter
• 270g green apples (skinned and cubed)
• 2g sea salt
• ½ vanilla pod
• 1 egg

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
2.  Peel green apples and cut them into small cubes
3. Pour corn starch over the apples and mix it until the corn starch can’t be seen.
4. Cut vanilla pod in half, lengthwise. Scrape the seeds from the half vanilla.
5. Heat pan on medium heat for about 1 minute then put sugar, salt and vanilla seeds into pan.
6. Turn to low heat. Don’t stir the mixture; instead, once you can see the colour from the sugar, swirl the pan to distribute the heat.
7. Once sugar is caramelised (a nice amber colour), add in cinnamon stick and butter. Stir well with a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula.
8. Add in apples and stir. Cook until apples are soft and the filling is thickened, around 6 to 8 minutes.
9. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
10. Unroll spelt butter puffs and cut into 9cm by 6.5cm rectangles. You’ll get 16 rectangles. That makes 8 covers and 8 bottom layers.
11. Make 3 scores on the 8 puff covers.
12. Brush edges of the bottom pieces with an egg that’s been gently whisked. Add a little more than 1 tablespoon of cooled apple filling to each.
13. Add top piece of puff and press along the sides with a fork to seal. Then place your pies in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes. This will help the pies to keep their shape.
14. Sprinkle sugar onto the puffs along the sealed sides or all over the top.
15. Bake for about 13 minutes then turn the tray and bake for another 2 minutes for even colouring of pies.

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This article first appeared in the March 2022 edition of Expat Living. You can purchase the latest issue or subscribe, so you never miss a copy!

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