Desserts & Baking

Honey Crunch apple pie

6
Easy
10 minutes, plus 20 minutes resting time
20 minutes

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Ingredients

Method
  • 270 g cake flour
  • 250 g butter
  • 2 free-range egg yolks
  • 1 T ice-cold water
  • 2 T caster sugar
  • 2 t lemon juice
  • 1 free-range egg, beaten, for brushing
  • 1 T sugar, for sprinkling
  • Cream or ice cream, for serving
  • For the filling

  • 5 Honey Crunch or Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g sugar
  • 3 cloves
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 1/4 t nutmeg

Method

Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 180°C. In a blender, blend the flour, butter, egg yolks, water, caster sugar and lemon juice until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Knead lightly to form a dough, wrap in clingfilm and chill for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the filling by placing the apple, butter, sugar and spices into a saucepan. Cook until the apples are just soft, about 10 minutes, then remove from the heat and leave to cool completely.

Divide the pastry in half and roll out one piece to a thickness of 3 mm. Grease a 20 cm ovenproof dish and place the pastry into it, allowing it to overlap the edge of the dish by about 2 mm. Prick the pastry with a fork, line it with baking paper and baking beans and bake blind for 7 minutes. Remove the beans and paper and bake for a further 5 minutes. Allow to cool completely.

Once the pastry and filling are cool, pour the filling over the pastry base. Roll out the remaining pastry and cut a rough pattern around the edge. Place over the filling, brush with beaten egg and sprinkle over the sugar. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the pastry is golden. Serve with cream or ice cream.

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Abigail Donnelly

Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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