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apple pie

apple pie

Apple pie, one of classic staples of Thanksgiving dinner. Bringing a feeling of warmth and holiday cheer, it is a must-have at the dinner table. What I made today is a slightly healthy versions of this delectable dish. Let’s start with the crust. we all know that apple pie has this beautiful golden buttery crush. News flash, butter isn’t exactly good for the arteries, so I’ve replaced the butter crust with an olive oil crust. After baking, the crust came out quite nice actually. It wasn’t as flakey as the classic crust, but it wasn’t as crumbly as a graham-cracker crust. All in all, would recommend for you guys to try.

Also instead of sprinkling a ton of sugar on the apples to draw out moisture, I instead opted for some honey. It was a really nice alternative actually. The honey itself is quite sweet and fragrant, so it was a nice pairing with the tart, crisp apples.

So in theory, my pie was supposed to turn out to be super beautiful, but as you can see from the pictures, it was quite the opposite. It was a tragedy, I made my crust a little too thick for this one, so for those of you trying to make this, be careful!

Note: Butter is super expensive here in China, so I adapted my no-butter crust recipe from King Arthur Flour. Check it out here: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/no-roll-pie-crust-recipe

P.S. Yes, I know it took me two months to post, but I’m working on it!

  • for 6-8 people
  • 30 minutes
  • 1 hour

ingredients

Pie Crust

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 4 tsp sugar
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup cold milk

Filling

  • 3 apples of your choice
  • 1/8 cup of honey
  • 1 tbsp of cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp of lemon juice

directions

Filling

  1. Peel and cut up apples into bite sized pieces
  2. Place in a bowl with honey, cinnamon, and lemon juice
  3. Toss the apples around and set aside

Crust

  1. Stir together your flour, salt, 2 tbsp sugar, and baking powder
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk your oil and water together
  3. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry
  4. When it forms a dough, cut in half

Preparations

  1. Take one of the halves and start pressing it on the bottom and up the sides of a a parchment-lined and oiled pie pan (Recommended: use the bottom of a glass to press)
  2. Pour in your pie filling
  3. Then start placing your top crust
  4. Optional: crimp edges with a fork
  5. Sprinkle the top with sugar
  6. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 min

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