Eggless Apple Pie

Eggless Apple Pie, it is an American classic preparation. A pastry filled with an apple stuffing and served hot with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 50 mins
Makes 1 pie

Ingredients

For The Short Crust Pastry3 cups plain flour (maida)
150 gms butter
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 cup milk

For The Apple Filling10 apples , cored , peeled and cut into cubes
1 tsp cinnamon (dalchini) powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup apple juice
2 tbsp bread crumbs

Other Ingredients1 tbsp butter

For The Serving vanilla ice-cream

Method
For the shortcrust pastry

1. Combine the butter and plain flour in a bowl, rubbing the mixture with the palms of your hand, so that small lumps are made.
2. Add the sugar milk, and enough water and knead into a dough. The dough should be like that of puri.
3. Cover the dough with moist muslin cloth for 5-10 minutes.
4. Take 2/3rd of the dough, and roll out to make a big chapati of this dough.
5. Line the 9" pie tin with the chapati and trim the edges. Take a fork and prick the pastry at the certain intervals of gaps.
6. Bake the pastry in a pre-heated oven at 150 degree Celsius for 10 minutes.
7. The pastry should be about half baked. Keep aside.

For the Apple Filling

1. Heat the butter in a pan, add the apples, and saute till they turn little soft on a slow flame.
2. Add the sugar, apple juice and cinnamon, mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
3. The apple should be half soft and should be releasing lots of juices.
4. Add the bread crumbs and mix well, remove from the flame keep aside.

How to Proceed

1. In a semi baked pastry add the apple filling and spread it evenly.
2. Roll out the chapati from the remaining dough, you can either cut strips of this and make a wire mesh for the pie or keep it whole and just cover the pie.
3. Spread little butter on top of the pie.
4. Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes.
5. Remove from the mould and serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.