Apple Pie
A warm, fragrant apple pie with cinnamon and vanilla on a crisp shortcrust base, best served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. A classic dessert made easy.
By Noga Schryer · October 9, 2020
Ingredients
- 7 large green apples
- 50 g butter
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Ready-made sweet shortcrust pastry
Instructions
- 1
Peel and core the apples, halve them and cut each half into thin slices.
- 2
Melt the butter in a small pot, add the apples, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon and cook until the apples turn golden.
- 3
Line a round pan with the pastry and blind bake it (cover the dough with baking paper topped with dried beans or chickpeas) at 180C for about 20 minutes.
- 4
Remove the pan from the oven, arrange the apple slices in a flower pattern over the crust and bake for another 20 minutes at 180C. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Noga's tip
For a quicker version, dice the apples into cubes and top the pie with another layer of shortcrust pastry.