Afternoon Teatime
Silent Vlog | The Yummiest, Melt-In-your-Mouth Mini Apple Pot Pies | A Bake-Off With Cousin
I have been sitting around lazy on my free time and binge-watching show after show. September was so busy, stressful with work I didn't want to do anything this month. The last time I updated my Youtube Channel was the end of July and it's the middle of October now. Talk about slacking... A week ago, my cousin who was under quarantine because she was in contact with another cousin of ours with Covid -unbeknown to everybody of course- told me to hold an apple pie bake-off!
First and foremost, everyone is fine, thankfully, some are getting better and healing and others are ready to get out of the quarantine.
Why "MINI APPLE POT PIES," you asked? We both have tiny miny mini Staub casseroles and wanted to make something fun. In the video, there are no sound me cutting the apples etc. because we were face-timing the whole time informing each other where we at. We might make this a tradition and make this bake-off on Instagram live. Maybe.
For the dough, I used my own recipe. It's not crunchy like a traditional American apple pie. It's more like a cookie dough: soft and melting in your mouth. It's the Turkish version. I adjusted the recipe from my mother's apple rolls dough, which I will also make in the future.
INGREDIENTS
125 gr butter, in-room temperature
1 + 1/2 cup of flour
For the dough, I used my own recipe. It's not crunchy like a traditional American apple pie. It's more like a cookie dough: soft and melting in your mouth. It's the Turkish version. I adjusted the recipe from my mother's apple rolls dough, which I will also make in the future.
INGREDIENTS
125 gr butter, in-room temperature
1 + 1/2 cup of flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp yoghurt
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup powder sugar
For the filling,
3 apples, peeled and sliced
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp lemon zest
6 tsp sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp butter
METHOD
For the dough, mix everything in a bowl and knead it to form a soft dough. as we say it in Turkish make it in like an earlobe's softness. Cover it with a plastic wrap and place it in the fridge so it can get a little bit hardened.
For the filling, peel and slice the apple. Put them into a saucepan, add sugar, cinnamon, and butter.
In low heat, slowly cook the apples to get rid of the excess water and turn it into a slightly caramelized sauce and lastly add the lemon juice and lemon zest. Stir and set aside.
Take the dough out of the fridge and divide it into 8 equal pieces.
Flour your hands and the dough piece that you hold generously and a little bit knead it in your hands. You can take a little more of the dough if you think that's not going to be enough to cover the mini pot's base.
Straighten the dough between your palms into a 1/2 cm thickness and place it into the pot. If you think it's not enough, you can always take another piece of dough and add it to the edges.
Put the filling inside.
Take another piece and again straighten it between your palms and place it as the lid.
Take a knife, make four cuts to the lid.
Repeat the process.
Place the pots into your oven with 200C with fan and let them bake for15-20 minutes until they are pinkish golden. Not too much and not too white.
When they are cooled, sprinkle more powder sugar and a scoop of ice-cream if you have in the fridge.
Bon Appetit,
