Shortcrust Apple Pie: Easy Recipe

The aroma of fresh apple pie makes many hearts beat faster. With a shortcrust pastry base, the cake is prepared quickly.

Apple pie is especially popular in autumn. If you want to bake the treat yourself, you can’t go wrong with a cake made from shortcrust pastry. Here you will find our recipe for a covered apple pie made from shortcrust pastry.

Ingredients for shortcrust pastry:

• 200 grams of butter
• 100 grams of sugar
• 1 egg
• 300 grams of wheat flour
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar

1. Put butter, sugar and the egg in a mixing bowl. Mix the ingredients with an electric mixer until a frothy mass is formed.
2. Then add the wheat flour and vanilla sugar. Then knead the dough vigorously. This is best done by hand.
3. Once you have worked the mass into a smooth dough, shape it into a ball.
4. Then cover the shortcrust pastry with plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out. The dough must then rest for half an hour in a cool place. In the meantime, you can prepare the filling for the apple pie.

Ingredients for the spice filling:

• 1 kg apples (preferably Boskop)
• 100 g candied ginger
• 4 tbsp ginger syrup
• 20 grams of sugar

1. Cut the apples into small pieces.
2. Cut the ginger into small slices and mix it with the apples, ginger syrup and sugar in a mixing bowl.
3. Leave the filling for half an hour.

Clue: The apple pie becomes particularly fruity if you add some grated organic orange and organic lemon to the filling.