Picture the scene, the family are coming for dinner and you haven’t made a dessert. Time is running out and you need something quick and easy. Voila, Grandads really easy quick apple pie.
Let’s be honest, making good pastry is time-consuming. In this situation, shop-bought pastry is the answer.
Peel and slice the apples, sprinkle the spices and sugar, whisk an egg, top with shortcrust pastry, job done.
Grandads Really Easy Quick Apple Pie
The quickest apple pie you will ever make
Ingredients
- 3 Large cooking apples
- 2 tbsp Honey
- 1 pinch Cinnamon
- 1 pinch Mixed Spice
- 1 Egg beaten
- 2 tbsp Water
- 1 packet Ready Rolled Shortcrust Pastry
- 1 tbsp Brown Sugar optional
- Ice Cream or Crème Fraîche to serve
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200℃/Fan 180℃/Gas 6.
- Core the apples, then cut them into even-sized chunks so they all cook in the same amount of time.
- Put the apple chunks into a pie dish, drizzle over the honey and sprinkle over the cinnamon and mixed spice.
- Add the water to the pie dish.
- Brush the edges of the pie dish with beaten egg.
- Unroll the pastry and lay it over the top of the apple mixture overlapping the edges of the pie dish. Press the pastry edges onto the pie dish with a fork to create a seal.
- Make a small cut in the centre of the pastry so that the air can escape during cooking, then brush with the remaining beaten egg.
- If you like a bit of crunch on the pastry topping sprinkle over the brown sugar.
- Bake the pie in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the pastry is golden and sandy in appearance and the apple filling is bubbling and hot.
- Serve while still warm with crème fraîche, ice cream or natural yoghurt.
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