RECIPE: GRANDMA'S APPLE PIE | BLOGMAS DAY 18

Hi there!

Today I wanted to share with you a recipe that I 'learned' from my mum, who learned it from hers. It's a classic in our family, and it's probably one of the simplest and most basic pies you could think of. That doesn't mean it's not absolutely delicious. It's an option for every birthday and every party, because who doesn't like apple pie? If you don't like apple pie, no offense, but why not? It's so good!

Unfortunately I don't have any photo's of the apple pie I made yesterday, because the light was shitttyyyy, but I do have some pictures of when we went out to get a Christmas tree ;) - I know, it's absolutely and utterly random, but hey, it's nearly Christmas!

What you will need:

- 2 medium egg

- 175 grams of butter

- 400 grams of self raising flour

- 90 grams of caster sugar

- pinch of salt

- 1 kilogram of apples

- 1/2 tsp of cinnamon

Optional: 75 grams of sultana's

Step 1: Soak the sultana's in cold water for 15 minutes. Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Step 2: Meanwhile, mix 1 egg, butter, self raising flour, salt and 40 grams of the caster sugar in a large mixing bowl until you have a firm ball of dough. If it's too dry, add a little bit of water, if it's too sticky, put it in the fridge for five minutes.

Step 3: Grease your cake tin with a little bit of butter and flour, and then cover the bottom and the sides of the tin with 2/3 of the dough.

Step 4: Chop up the apples in a separate bowl, then add 50 grams of caster sugar and the cinnamon. Mix well, and then spread out over the dough in the cake tin.

Step 5: Roll out the remaining dough, and slice strips of approximately 2-3 centimeters broad to put on your pie crosswise. You can also make your own design out of the dough and put that on the pie, go crazy!

Step 6: Coat the visible dough with an egg yolk - or a stirred whole egg - and put the pie in the oven for 60-70 minutes. Check if everything's going to plan after 40-50 minutes - also to make sure it doesn't burn...

And you're done! It takes some time in the oven and then after that you have to leave it to cool before you can remove the cake tin, but I promise you, it's worth the wait ;)

Bon apetit and I'll see you tomorrow!

Love,

Rosaly