Apple Pie

Tried my first attempt at baking an apple pie on Friday night. Hihi. Had been thinking of doing so for weeks.. Here's the recipe that i used.

Pastry:

2cups flour

1tsp salt

1 tbsp sugar

1cup butter

8tbsp cold water

Mix the flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.

Rub in the butter and add in the water.

Mix the dough until even.

Then wrap in cling film and chill the dough for 1 hour.

Then prepare the filling:

5 green apples (Granny Smith)

1 cup sugar

2tbsp corn flour

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1tbsp lemon juice/vinegar

Peel, core and slice the apples.

Then mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt and lemon juice in a bowl.

Mix in the apple slices.

Take out the dough and cut into halves

Roll out one half of it into a 12'' circle.

Place the dough in a 9'' pie pan and trim off the edges.

Poke holes at the bottom of the pastry.

Fill the apples into the pie and dot with butter.

Roll out the other half of the dough and place on top of the the pie.

Stick the pastry together and use finger or fork to make the pattern at the edges.

Cut slits on the top pastry with a knife.

Bake in oven for 50-60minutes at 200 deg C.

Cover the edge of the pie with strips of aluminium foil to prevent over-browning.

Remove 15 minutes before end and brush the crust with egg white.

the result:

Haha.. Very happy. It's very easy to bake an apple pie actually. The only difficulty is making sure the pastry is fully cooked because of the juicy filling. Just make sure the pan is hot enough eg bake it at the bottom of the oven or use a baking stone.

=)