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authentic european whole wheat apple cinnamon pie

Zermatter3 avatar
Recipe by
Caroline Mgawe
@Zermatter3
Zermatt, Wallis

I liked apple sweets wherever I traveled. My mum's Dutch apple pie, English apple crumble, Canadian apple maple pie, Austrian apple strudel… This recipe is the optimal blend of the best! Well - to my taste anyway. It's moist, full of warm cinnamon flavour, crunchy nuts, and soft apple, fine crumble. This one is on the healthy side, as far as these things go. Whole wheat flour tastes better than white in this recipe. This pie serves 4 generous slices. That's just 40 grams of butter each. If not serving kids, try rum raisins instead of normal raisins! For vegans, margarine works too.

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yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 1 Hr 15 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For authentic european whole wheat apple cinnamon pie

  • FOR THE FILLING
  • 3 lg
    apples
  • 1/2
    lemon, juice and grate rind
  • 2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1 Tbsp
    brown sugar
  • 1/4 c
    raisins
  • 1/4 c
    hazelnuts
  • FOR THE PASTRY
  • 150 g
    butter, cold (10 1/2 Tbsp)
  • 1/3 c
    granulated sugar
  • 2 c
    whole wheat flour
  • 1 pinch
    salt

How To Make authentic european whole wheat apple cinnamon pie

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 Celsius). Butter and flour a small 7" springform. If you want to make a bigger pie, double the ingredients and fill a large springform.
  • 2
    First the filling, core and cut the apples into cubes. I tend to leave the skin on, less work, healthier, and just as tasty! Put the cubes in a big bowl.
  • 3
    Grate the lemon over the apples. Squeeze the juice over the apples.
  • 4
    Add the cinnamon powder. Add the brown sugar. Add the raisins and nuts. Toss well.
  • 5
    Then, for the pastry, cut the butter into small cubes. Put the pastry ingredients in a bowl. Using two knives or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour. The mixture will seem quite dry and powdery, nothing like dough. That's how it should be. Don't be too precise. The butter will magically mix with the flour in the oven! The reason for using knives (or pastry cutter) is to keep the butter cold and your fingers clean.
  • 6
    Transfer about 2/3 of the mixture into the springform. Lightly press the mixture to the edges to create a crust for your pie. Lightly press the mixture on the bottom.
  • 7
    Put in the filling.
  • 8
    Cover with the remaining pastry mixture.
  • 9
    Place pie in the oven. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. After 30 minutes, check the pie. If it starts to look too brown, cover lightly with foil. Then continue to bake for another 30 - 45 minutes.
  • 10
    Let cool.
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