Fall is here
The last few days were chilly and rainy over here in the D, you can tell it's getting colder every day. An easy way to keep yourself warm while having a cup of coffee on the porch is putting on some weight, a fresh layer of fat instead of 2 sweaters. Apples pies will help with that.
Ingredients
for the pie crust:
- 1/2 cups flour;
- a pinch of salt;
- 1 stick butter;
- 3-5 tb. spoons ice water;
- 1 egg (for egg wash);
I also used a seasoning called Winter Baking, I like to use it a lot when it comes to pies. I got it from Whole Foods, but you can essentially use everything that goes in it separately, or skip it all together. Here's what Winter Baking is made of: brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest, orange zest, allspice berries, cloves, vanilla bean, nutmeg.
for the pie filling:
- 1-1/2 cup diced apples (peeled and cored);
- 1 tb. spoon lemon juice;
- a handful of walnuts (optional);
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch;
- 1 tb. spoon ground cinnamon;
- 4 tb. spoons sugar;
- 1 teaspoon water;
- 1 tb. spoon butter.
Directions:
Mix together flour, salt and some Winter Baking spices (if you're using them). Grate in cold butter, if you happen to not have a cheese grater around, you can just finely chop it with a knife. Make a crumbly kind of dough, but don't knead it.
Start adding ice water a little bit at a time just until you start noticing that the dough is coming together. You don't want it to thin either.
Shape the dough into a ball and let chill in the fridge for an hour or overnight.Mix diced apples with ground cinnamon, cornstarch and lemon juice, set aside.
Place sugar and 1 teaspoon of water in a saucepan and let the sugar melt and develop a light golden color, add in the butter and cook for about a minute or so.
Let the mixture cool a bit and pour it over the apples, add in walnuts if you're using them.Take the dough out of the fridge and let it rest for a few minutes. For this amount of ingredients I was able to make three little pies (about 5 inches in diameter), but feel free to make 1 larger pies, or 2 small ones, you do you, in other words :).
Roll out the dough, put the filling in and assemble your pies. Move the pies into your freezer while you're waiting on your oven to get heated.
Preheat the oven to 380-400 F, apply the egg wash to your pies and sprinkle a bit of sugar on top. Bake the pies for approximately 25-30 minutes.
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Adorable idea! ;) Stunning shots miss, rawr!
Thanks @warrkin!
Wow these look good! Do you license your food photos?
Thank you, no I don't license them haha
Looking beautiful.
Thanks!
Hello my friend how are you? I could not be here with all these updates but I'm back
I like those mini apple cakes I do not know because I like mini things maybe because of their size and I think they look very nice
And I think your cat likes those cakes
Doing good, @yesslife, what about you?!
Yeah, tiny cakes are cute, you should make some! Thanks :)
All right here going back to STEEMIT
If you should make some in mini size they are beautiful
It looks very delicious those mini apple pies, I love them a lot.
Absolutely, it's a great fall treat! Thanks!
oh , you are a good photographer kotturinn ! , like the colors, and it looks yummy :) , your cat is lovely too , <3
Thank you kindly, lady :)
Definitely the combination of cinnamon and apple is delicious, without counting the aroma that leaves while cooking, apple-style, accompanied with a rich ice cream of butter, is the glory.
P.S. love your cat
Sooo yummy and cool photos .)
Thanks @thelostsakura! :D
опять этот красавец-позер!))
аж мне захотелось таких пирожек маленьких;)
вот где ты взялась на мою голову)))
Это она, не он :)
Приготовь, очень простой рецепт, тем более яблоки в сезоне!
Очень вкусные фотографии;)
Спасибо!
ugh your photography is so killer! the lighting, the composition... can i pay you to coach me?!?! :D
Thank you @catdotexe! I think I am getting better at it :)
Очень красивые фотографии. Очень понравилась тональность, видимо это из -за естественного освещения)
Спасибо @veta-less, да, это дневной свет, я обычно фоткаю на северной стороне дома :)
@kotturinn читаю про северную сторону дома.....и думаю, что мне и на южной света из окна не хватает :))
Возможно, имеет смысл использовать искусственное освещение тогда :)
ну да, у меня есть внешняя вспышка
Отлично!
кстати, лежала лет 5, пока я решила ей воспользоваться :))
I love how you stage the photos!
Thanks! Took me some time to learn to style them haha
wow... yummy n cool shots!
I love the lighting of these photos... deep and natural :)
Thank you @yo-yo. It is natural light indeed, a possum that frequents my yard also enjoyed one of these haha