olga’s apple kuchen

How To Make olga’s apple kuchen

• Step 1
  Liberally butter a 9” x 13” baking pan, an extra large deep dish pie dish, or two round 8” cake pans.
• Step 2
  Preheat oven to 425º F.
• Step 3
  *Beat together in a measuring cup, the egg, ½ tsp. vanilla and just enough milk to make ½ cup.
• Step 4
  In the bowl of a food processor, add flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Pulse a few times to incorporate. Then add 4 Tbsp. cold, cubed butter.
• Step 5
  Pulse the food processor to cut in the butter into the dry ingredients like you would do for pastry. When you can drag a fork through without picking up any large lumps - then you are good to go.
• Step 6
  Pour wet ingredients into the dry, use the continuous speed to mix everything together which should only take 15 seconds or less.
• Step 7
  Turn out the dough into the middle of the buttered baking pan. Flour your hands and gently press the dough evenly to the edges.
• Step 8
  **Peel and slice apples – the exact number of apples will depend on variety and size. But enough to evenly cover the dough.
• Step 9
  Evenly layer apples, matching the curve to cover the entire pan.
• Step 10
  Melt 3 Tbsp. butter and add 1 cup sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Stir with fork to thoroughly mix. Sprinkle over the apples and bake 25 – 25 minutes.
• Step 11
  NOTE: For very juicy fruits like plums and peaches, I usually need to cook 5-10 minutes longer.
• Step 12
  Fruits I have used for this cake: apple (Jonathon, Gala, Granny Smith), plums, peaches, pears, blueberries, mango, this is a versatile recipe. Except for berries and plums, I peel, slice and arrange the fruits slightly overlapping each other and allowing no gaps from row to row.
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