What you need, ingredients:
- 4 apples
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- Lemon juice
- 1/3 cup plain flour
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Puff Pastry (I’m using store bought because I’m lazy but I’m sure it would taste much better with home made!)
What you need, utilities:
- Mixing bowl
- Spoon for mixing
- Measuring cups
- 4x heart shaped silicon cake tins (obviously you can do it in something else XD)
First thing will be to wash and cut up your apples, remove all the skin and chop them into fairly small pieces. Set them to the side. Preheat your oven to around 190 Degrees Celsius.
In a mixing bowl put a couple of squirts of lemon juice.
Add in the white sugar…
And the brown sugar…
And the flour ^_^
Now add the Cinnamon, I use a lot (like maybe 2 teaspoons) because James loves it. I personally can’t stand cinnamon but there are so many other flavours in this that it’s tolerable ^_^
Next add a couple of shakes of Nutmeg, maybe 1/2 as much as the Cinnamon you put in.
Mix it all together!
Add in the apple pieces and mix it again. The apples should be coated in the sugary substance. It looks dry now but once the apples sit while you make the pastry cups it will go all liquidy and sticky from the apple’s juices.
Clean your pie moulds and if you’re making pastry from scratch do that now and roll it out.
If you’re using the frozen pastry then make sure it’s thawed.
Drape it over the mould and press in to place. Pleat the sides so you can cover the base properly:
You should have something like this:
Cut off the extra leaving around 1cm around the edges and pop in the filling!
I decided to be fancy and make lattice tops. This is achieved by weaving strips of pastry together. If you’re doing this then cut a bunch of 1cm strips of pastry and start by making an X with 2.
Build it slowly by adding 2 more in each direction, this way you can weave them all very easily without disturbing too much.
Continue until the whole thing is covered…
You should get something like this:
Cut off the extra and pinch around the edges to seal it…
Taaadaa!
Repeat with the rest of them!
Ok one more pie-cam-whoring photo because I spent so damn long making them XD
Now put them into the oven! After 20 minutes check on them and make sure nothing is on fire then leave for another 20 minutes.
When you’re already hungry this seems like hours though -_-’
Once you can see liquid boiling through the tops and the pastry is golden they are ready! Woo!
Take them out and leave them to cool for a bit. I like to cool them on the bottom too so they don’t get soggy as I don’t have a cooling rack.
And that’s it! Enjoy and eat! James likes to add icecream but I don’t really like icecream so I eat them plain.
Super yummy :D
I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and do let me know if you give it a try! Would you guys like me to post other flavour variations I make too? Like with the different fruits? |
I love this! Just read through the instructions and it seems so simple and cute! I love your pie molds, I’d love to find something like that for my own kitchen! Really nice post!
I’m very glad you enjoyed it! I hope you give it a try one day ^_^
OMG, Noodle Arms and I LOVE LOVE LOVE Pushing Daisies! It’s just gorgeous. I could rave about it forever. It’s so lush and sweet and funny and everyone in it is just so pretty. *squeeeeee*
Your pies look delicious – I have bookmarked this post so Noodles and I can make some when she gets back from her Christmas hols interstate. She loves baking, and she has her own cutesy apron too! http://deedee255.blogspot.com/2010/03/noodle-arms-birthday-presents.html
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ME TOO!! Have you seen all of them yet? I was so sad it was canceled but apparently the comic that’s going to continue from it is going to be awesome too :D Noodles’ apron is the cutest thing ever!! I can’t wait to see what you some up with for the pies :D
Yes, we have both seasons. We were SO annoyed when it ended kind of suddenly and tacked on that “and this is what happened to everyone” ending. :-(
I wish they’d hurry up with the comic – they’ve been talking about that since it finished!
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Me too! I preferred that ending to a cliff hanger though because I’m not good with suspense, it just makes me really mad XD I tend to make up my own ending in my head if it’s not something I like! I’ve seen a couple of pages of the comic and I’m kind of meh about it. I really like the idea and it could be awesome but the art style they chose to go with is better suited to something action packed like Xmen… I always thought it should be big and cute and colourful like the show! Hmmm maybe I should just go a step further with writing endings in my head and illustrate my own comic ahahahaha!
They look so yummy! *drools*
Must… start… baking… :P
:D They are really good!
Yum-o! The second I get home, I’m totally trying this out.
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I hope you like it!!
Great job! I would love to see your recipe variations on the pies. :) I will be trying this out, and I will let you know how it turns out. ^_^ Thanks again for the great post and all the hard work you put into this blog. You inspire me to try new things all the time!
I would love to compulsively bake, but I wouldnt know what to do with the baked good! Most of my friends don’t eat sweets and I try to avoid them myself
Haha most of my friends are food bloggers so we all swap our sweets around :D
No problems! I’ll add in the recipe variations soon :D Thank you so much for your lovely comment Alicia it really made me smile!
OH How I love pies too. Looking at your makes me want to make some right now but I just can’t squeeze that in before Christmas……….oh well……. Wishing you both a wonderful Christmas and New Year xxx
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year too Jaede!
Look so good!
I really love how everything is heart shaped! XD
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Haha I’m slowly trying to cuten up everything in my kitchen :D
I love to bake, I’m a coeliac so can’t eat wheat or most gluten products, but luckily the flour I use has greatly improved in the past few years so my cakes, muffins, and cookies taste just as good as the regular ones (in my, and my boyfriend’s humble opinion :P)
That’s such good news about the flour, I imagine it must be so difficult to find gluten free products ready made. I wonder if you could make a gluten free version of this?
Wow, those look so good! I love pies and apple are my favorite, though I’ve never actually made one myself. I think I’ll have to make them.
Also, just wanted to comment that I think you hair looks really cute like that and I love your heart-shaped baking utensils. And your apron. :D
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You should totally try it out :D And thank you so much ^_^
They look soooooo yummy!! and also very cute:D
Hahaha!! My BF likes having ice cream with apple pie too, but I don’t:D Hot apple pie and cold ice cream hurt my teeth!
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Haha me too! I like just plain hot apple pie :D
i LOVE pushing daisies! chuck + ned = ♥
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Agreed!!! Cutest show EVER.
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What cute pies! I love the heart shape, and your measuring cups are awesome too!! > w < My sister also decided to become a pie maker after watching Pushing Daisies ~ I didn't bother because I get to eat her pies!
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Hahaha that is very true, James has no inkling to be a pie maker because he has it too good with me making them XD
Gosh! It look so delicious.. I want 1 too
Heehee I’ll post one to you XD
I love your apron. It’s super cute, and those pies look soooo yummy.
If you liked Pushing Daisies you may like Dead Like Me. It’s from the same director, and had a very similar humor. It’s not as light and bright as PD though.
I’ve just started the first episode of Dead Like Me :D I don’t like it as much so far but it’s still pretty good!
I have a small suggestion for you! Instead of putting the lemon juice in the mix, sprinkle it over the cut up apples. It will keep them from turning brown before you get them into the sugar mix, and your pies will taste better!
The heart-shapes are adorable, btw, and so are you, as always! <3
Thanks for the suggestion and for your comment Magda!
please do post the other variations esp the mango one! they look so lovely and easy to make, imma try it soon! especially love the weaved part, really makes the pie stand out. thanks for the post, Violet. Meri-Kurisumasu!
Meri Kurisumasu to you too Yvonne! Ok I will totally post the variations :D I hope you make some!
OMG, too cute! Only you would have heart shaped pie moulds! LOL. Now I want to buy some. Guess what?? Our apple tree is growing it’s first ever apples, and we’ll be eating them in a few months! It won’t be enough for pies, but maybe in a year or two’s time… I love apple pie
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Omg that is so cool! Having fresh apples all the time would be so yummy!
OMG, it seems to want to eat one, it must be very delicious!
This looks great! I am going to give it a try this weekend :)
I hope it goes well!
Lol, Pushing Daisies is one of my favorite shows! These pies are sooo cute, and I am loving your heart shaped measuring cups and mixing bowls!
:D Thanks Erin!
They are beautiful! My mom loves apple pie, but she never ate a pie like this.. So I will do it today for her birthday :D Thank you so much! I love your blog :3
Thank you so much Mimi <3 I hope your mum likes the pie, happy birthday to her!
I’ve tried to find heart shaped tins everywhere in Brisbane but can’t find any.
Can you tell me what brand they are so I can search for them on the internet?
:)
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Hey Nicole! I don’t know the brand, they have no markings on them but I’m 90% sure I got them from the kitchen department of Myer Carindale. Hope that helps!
i luv ur pies. i want to try it but we don’t have an oven so if you have time can you please give me some recipe just using a microwave?. PLEASE >.<
I can see what I can do but I’m not sure if you would be able to cook pastry in the Microwave without losing the crispiness :( I’ll give it a go though!