One of our autumn activities was to go apple picking.
The boys had a wonderful time, and got a little carried away with the picking… Resulting in the purchase of 15lbs of apples!
I have been determined to use all these apples – which are a random selection of varieties, only a couple of which I can recognise by sight :)
I also set myself the challenge of baking with them…
I do a lot of baking with the kids, but the baking bit is generally just a precursor to having fun with the decorating bit! So, I don’t bake from scratch – I cheat with mixes and ready-made cookie dough!
I decided to make an apple pie at the weekend. As is my way, I googled ‘apple pie recipe’! There were, unsurprisingly, a lot of them! Having a quick read of the top four or five, they were all fairly similar. So, I did what I often do, I took a bit of one recipe, a bit of another and then changed it a little bit!
Now, I have to admit that I used ready-made pastry (I’m not sure I’m up to attempting my own yet!) – but I did say it was an easy apple pie!
You will need:
Two sheets of ready to roll pastry (or insert your own fabulous recipe here!)
5 or 6 medium apples (I’m sure there are varieties that bake better than others, but I just used a mix of what we had!)
1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
1/4 cup (50g) brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Preheat oven to 200C/180C(fan)/400F. Follow the instructions for your pastry, allowing it to reach room temperature for easy rolling. Place one sheet in your pie dish and trim any excess. Peel, core and slice the apples. Add the flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to the sliced apples and mix. Pour the apple filling into the pie. Place the second sheet of pastry over the top, seal the edges, flute (I failed at this!) and slit the top a few times. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the top is golden.
I will admit that my pie wasn’t the prettiest, but it got a big thumbs up from the men in my life, so we’ll put it down as a success :) And, even if I do say so myself, it really was quite yummy!
Your apple pie looks lovely! It looks much better than mine did with it’s patched together pastry. I should have used shop brought.
Glad it was yummy and popular with your family.
X #celebrateautumn
Thank you, although I did angle the shot slightly to miss the patched bit!
I do love a good apple pie and this looks fab, nice and chunky in the centre
It was, I have to say very tasty! I was a bit haphazard in my slicing, so the filling worked really well :)
This apple pie looks delicious and it got the thumbs up :-) Perfect for cold nights (or days for that matter)! Thank you for sharing with #CelebrateAutumn
Thanks! The kids really love it when I bake :) Thanks for hosting x
I love apple pie. If you like bread and butter pudding, here’s my apple variant http://www.gourmandize.co.uk/recipe-47308-apple-bread-and-butter-pudding.htm and apple crumble and eve’s pudding are good ones too. Returning via Tasty Tuesdays and I’ve given you a follow on Bloglovin too
Ooo, I LOVE bread and butter pudding! Will check it out :) Have followed you back!
Looks fab and you had me at easy! Hehe! Yum! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Ha! Yeah, I’m a big fan of easy :) Thanks for hosting xx
We have apple trees so I was a crumble making maniac! Never thought to make pies as my pastry isn’t great bit I may have to try this. x
I think crumble is next on my list :) One of my favourites!
Yum! Apple pie and ice cream is one of my favourites x
Thanks – it was yummy!
I’m going to have to pin this as I’m going to make it. I laughed when I read your post as we too picked masses of apples (about 20 lbs!) and I now have no idea which apples are what. And – phew – you suggested store bought pastry.
Lol! Thanks for pinning x And, yes – I have now made a pie and two apple cakes… Crumble next I think :)
Looks great to me (and it’s the taste that matters). Agree with the pre-made pastry approach and recently read Mary Berry (I think) said it was fine to use (not that I need a celebrity endorsement to take short cuts!). Working our way through an apple glut too…second day batch apple sauce, only two carrier bagfuls of the devils to go! Haven’t done a pie yet so will revist at the weekend if we have any more!
Very true, and I’m very pleased to hear that the ready-made pastry gets the thumbs up :) Crumble for me next I think…!
Your pie looks beautiful, and delicious! It’s on my fall to-do list to try a home made apple pie, and your recipe is perfect for a first-timer. I can’t wait to try it! Thank you.
Thank you! It really was very easy :)
apple pie is one of lifes simple yet tasty pleasures – yours looks sooooo yummy x