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Easy as’ apple pie

With a one-step pastry, it's easy to make this classic dessert.
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So many apple pie recipes can seem daunting – especially the pastry. But not this one. It has a one-step pastry and a filling that uses sweet apples. Pink Ladies usually have too much water content to make a pie, but pre-baking them makes the result perfect!

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Ingredients

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 150°C fan-forced (170°C conventional). Line an oven tray with baking paper. Sift flours and salt into a large bowl. Heat milk and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until just simmering, stand for 3 minutes, then add to flour mixture with vanilla and mix with fingertips until a dough forms.

2.

Divide dough into 2 parts, one twice the weight of the other, and flatten both to discs between sheets of freezer plastic. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

3.

Peel, core and dice apples, then toss with lemon juice, arrange on prepared tray and bake for 20 minutes, until lightly dry. Set aside. Put water, sugar and golden syrup in a medium saucepan and bring to the boil over high heat. Dissolve cornflour and spices in 1/4cup cold water, then whisk in and simmer until thickened. Fold in apple.

4.

Increase oven to 190°C fan-forced (210°C conventional). Roll out larger piece of pastry to a 35cm disc, then press into base and side of a 26 x 7cm deep fluted pie tin. Scatter in breadcrumbs, then spoon in apple filling. Roll out the other pastry disc to 26cm, drape over, then pinch the edge to seal. Make a small hole in the centre of the pie, then brush with extra milk, scatter with extra raw sugar, then bake for 40-45 minutes, until pastry is well browned and crisp. Serve. 

Easy as’ apple pie

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