Apple pie, just like the one I makeGrandma - what could be tastier! Moreover, even a beginner, not very experienced housewife can easily prepare such a delicacy. Lazy apple pie recipes are quite varied, among them there is the famous charlotte, and apple pie on kefir, and many other wonderful recipes.
Lazy Charlotte with apples
You will need:
- 4 apples (medium size),
- 4 eggs,
- 250 g of sugar (1 glass),
- 150 g of flour (slightly more than half a glass).
Making the pie according to this recipe is notwill take a lot of time. This dessert will come in handy if you need to cook something tastier and faster. First, you need to prepare the apples, it is best to use sweet and sour varieties. The dough itself is quite sweet, so a little sourness will give the pie additional flavor. Wash the apples, dry them with a kitchen towel, peel them. Cut into slices so as not to capture the core. To prevent the apples from changing color, it is advisable to sprinkle them with lemon juice. Next, following the recipe, take the eggs, carefully separate the whites and yolks. Put the whites in the freezer for a minute, so they acquire the ideal temperature for whipping. Add a little salt to them (this is another secret of quick whipping). First, whip only the whites, and after the foam has formed, begin to add sugar (a tablespoon at a time). In this way, even with a whisk, you can get perfectly whipped whites in a minimum amount of time. When the protein mass turns into a thick standing foam, start adding the yolks one by one (without stopping whisking). Then carefully, in parts, add flour. The dough is ready, it should turn out to be similar in consistency to thick cream. There are two ways to cook charlotte: lazy, in which apples are placed directly into the dough, and the usual - apples line the bottom of the pan, then pour in the dough. It must be said that both methods are quite good, the charlotte turns out great. It is best to bake such a pie in a cake pan, it must be greased with a piece of butter (cream) and sprinkled with flour. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, bake the charlotte for about 30-40 minutes. It is quite easy to determine whether the pie is ready or not. Firstly, this can be done by the aroma of the finished dough, which cannot be confused with anything. And, of course, you need to pierce the middle of the charlotte with a toothpick - the tip should come out dry. Take the pie out of the pan only after it has completely cooled. If desired, you can sprinkle it with cinnamon mixed with powdered sugar. This spice goes well with apples.
Lazy pie with apple stuffing
You will need:
- 4-5 apples (medium size),
- 250 g of sugar (1 glass),
- 250 g of flour (1 glass),
- 3 eggs,
- 2-3 tablespoons of sour cream (cream),
- soda,
- cinnamon.
Wash the apples, dry them, peel them,cut into slices, sprinkle with lemon juice (to prevent them from darkening). Now you need to prepare the dough, it is best to do this in a glass or enamel bowl. First, put the eggs, add sugar and a small pinch of soda, beat everything with a mixer or whisk. The sugar should dissolve completely. Next, according to the recipe, put sour cream, add flour (sifted through a fine sieve) and beat everything again. The consistency of the dough should resemble thick sour cream. Grease the baking pan with oil (butter), sprinkle with semolina or breadcrumbs. Line the bottom of the pan with apples in a circle, starting from the middle and gradually reaching the edges, sprinkle them with cinnamon, pour in the dough. Turn on the oven, preheat to 180 degrees. Bake a lazy apple pie for about half an hour. Readiness is determined in the same way as described above. After the apple pie is baked, take it out of the oven and let it cool completely. Then cover the form with a large plate or dish and turn it over, sprinkle with powdered sugar. You can even decorate a festive table with a lazy apple pie prepared according to this recipe.
Fast pie with semolina and apples
You will need:
- 5-6 apples (medium size),
- 250 g of flour (1 glass),
- 250 g of sugar (1 glass),
- 250 g of semolina (1 glass),
- half a bag of baking powder for dough,
- cinnamon,
- 1 lemon,
- 100 g of butter (creamy).
The recipe for this pie can surprise even those in the knowcooks. It is prepared very interestingly and quickly. First, you need to wash the apples, peel them, then grate them using a coarse grater. Pour lemon juice over the apple shavings, add cinnamon and lemon zest, mix well, divide the filling into two parts. Next, following the recipe, sift the flour, mix it with semolina, baking powder and sugar, mix everything well. The dough must be divided into three parts. Take a baking sheet with high sides, pave it with parchment paper or grease it with a piece of butter and sprinkle with flour. Now the most interesting part begins: one part of the dough (dry mixture) is poured onto the baking sheet, then a layer of apple filling is placed. Then again the dry mixture (second part), and again apples. The top layer consists of dry dough, on which small pieces of butter (cream) are placed, it should be evenly distributed over the entire baking sheet. The oven needs to be heated to 180 degrees, put the lazy apple pie to bake for about 40-50 minutes. When the pie is baked, take it out of the oven, be sure to let it cool, then cut the pie into square or rectangular pieces. If you start cutting the pie hot, it may seem that it is raw and not baked, you need to give it time to "come to its senses".
Lazy pie made of puff pastry and apples
You will need:
- 4-5 apples,
- 200 g (1 pack) of butter,
- 2 cups of flour,
- 1 egg,
- 1 tablespoon (table) of vinegar,
- the water is cold).
For filling:
- 200 g of sour cream,
- 100 g of sugar,
- 2 tablespoons of starch,
- 3 eggs,
- 1 packet of vanilla sugar.
The pie according to this recipe can be baked fromready-made store-bought puff pastry, but it is much tastier and more interesting to make it yourself. Moreover, it is not at all difficult, if, of course, you know some of the nuances. You need to put the butter in the freezer beforehand, and when it hardens enough, grate it on a coarse grater. Sift the flour there, rub everything into crumbs, then put the egg, pour in a little water (necessarily cold), add vinegar (it will give the dough elasticity). Knead the dough well, it should be quite elastic and at the same time elastic. Wrap the puff pastry in foil or film, put it in the freezer for half an hour. Then take out the dough, roll it out, fold it into an envelope, roll it out again. This procedure should be done several times. Then cut the thinly rolled dough into strips about 5-7 cm wide and the length of the entire width of the pan (it is better to take a rectangular one with high sides). Wash the apples, wipe them with a kitchen towel, remove the core, cut into slices. For this recipe, you don’t have to peel the apples. The filling is very important in this pie. To prepare it, break the eggs into a glass bowl, beat them with sugar, add sour cream, starch and vanilla. Take a rectangular pan, grease it with butter, sprinkle with flour. Line the bottom of the pan with strips of puff pastry, then lay a layer of apples in rows, sprinkle them with sugar, cover with strips of dough. Another apple layer, and so on until the end. The top layer should be made of dough. Pour the filling onto the pie, it should take up most of the pan (almost to the edges). Preheat the oven to 190 degrees, put the apple pie in to bake. When the dough is browned enough, remove from the oven, let cool. Transfer the pie to a plate, cut it into pieces, serve, sprinkled with powdered sugar on top. Layered pies usually have little sugar, so for those with a sweet tooth, you can increase the amount in the filling.
Lazy curd cake with apples
You will need:
- 4-5 apples (medium size),
- raisins,
- 500 g of cottage cheese,
- 200 g of butter (cream),
- 200 g of sugar,
- flour (as much as the dough takes, about 2 cups),
- soda.
Peel the apples and cut them into slices,Sprinkle with lemon juice. Wash the raisins, pour boiling water over them for 10-15 minutes, then put them in a sieve and dry them on a paper towel. Add a tablespoon of flour to the raisins, this is necessary for better adhesion to the dough. It is best to take homemade cottage cheese for this recipe, but if you don’t have any, you can easily get by with store-bought cottage cheese. Melt the butter over the fire, add sugar, then the cottage cheese and soda, mix everything well. Add apples and raisins. Add flour little by little, since it can have different gluten, then you need to watch how much the dough “takes”. Its consistency should be neither too thick nor too liquid. Grease the baking dish with butter (cream), then sprinkle it with flour, transfer the dough. Set the oven to 180 degrees, bake for about 30-40 minutes. Cover the finished curd pie with apples with lemon glaze, for the preparation of which you need to mix a tablespoon of lemon juice and half a glass of powdered sugar. Cover the pie with glaze when it is hot, so the fondant will better adhere to the surface. Remove it from the mold after it has completely cooled.
Lazy apple pie from short pastry
You will need:
- 5-6 apples (medium size),
- 2-3 tablespoons of sugar (for filling),
- 200 g of butter,
- 1.5 cups of flour.
First you need to prepare the shortbread crumbs.The butter should first be placed in the freezer, then grated on a coarse grater. Sift the flour onto the butter through a fine sieve, rub everything until crumbs form. This will be the dough. Cover the bowl with the shortbread crumbs with film (food) or foil, put in the refrigerator for half an hour. Peel the apples, cut into slices, sprinkle with lemon juice. Grease a round baking pan with butter, sprinkle with flour, pour a layer of shortbread crumbs (about 1 cm). Preheat the oven to 160 degrees, put the pan with crumbs in it for about 7 minutes. If you do not do this, the pie dough will be sticky. Remove the pan from the oven, put a layer of apples, sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon (optional). Sprinkle a layer of crumbs on top. Raise the temperature to 170 degrees, put the pie to bake for about 35 minutes. Cut the finished pie into pieces directly in the pan, otherwise it may crumble. Sour cream is very tasty with apple pies.
Lazy apple pie on kefir
You will need:
- 250 g of kefir,
- 3 eggs,
- 250 g of flour,
- soda (slaked with vinegar),
- 4 apples (not very large ones),
- 200 g of sugar,
- lemon.
Peel the apples and remove the core.cut into medium-sized slices, sprinkle with lemon juice. Put eggs and sugar in a bowl, beat everything with a mixer until the mass turns white and increases several times. Then pour in kefir, add soda slaked with vinegar, put in lemon zest. Sift flour through a sieve directly into a bowl with dough, mix carefully. The consistency of the dough should be not too liquid and not very thick. Grease a cake pan with oil (butter), sprinkle it with flour. Place apples on the bottom of the pan, pour them with dough. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, bake apple pie on kefir for about 40-50 minutes. Remove the finished pie from the oven, let it cool completely. Then cover the pan with a dish or a large plate, turn over, remove the pan. Sprinkle the pie with powdered sugar on top. Serve with either sour cream or whipped cream.